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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-06-18

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For sale by Richard H. Moody.
\ bride in Ohio, after the conclusion of the mar
riage ceremony, stepped gracefully forward and
requested the clergyman to give out the hymn.
"This is the way long have sought"
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Next house above the Academy School House.
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KEEP TT PURE.


Here Is fact for YOU to think over, viz. Medi-
cal science proves that diseases, no matter how
great a variety they seem 10 have, proceed from
comparatively few causes. 1t is for this reason
that some single medicines relieve or cure wide
range of complans-some Of them appearing al
most directly opposite in their natures. When Il
medical preparation acts at once upon the digcs-
tive and urinary organs, and also puriicS the blood,
the list of difficulties subject to its control is as
tOnishng. But, while many things said to
possess this power, those which actually do exert
it are very
It'll conceded that DR.. kENNEDY'S FANORITE
REMEDY, of Rondont y. T.. is the most effective
from foul or impure state of the circulation.
Hence it is more than likely that if the writer of
the following letter had habituallv taken "FANOR-
TIE REMEDY ten years ago, he would never
have suffered from Cancer.
PIrTSFIEID, MASS, March p, 1884.
DR.. d. Kennedy, R0ndOut, n. y.
DEAR SIR:-About six years ago ! was obliged
to resort to external treatment for the removal of
a cancerOus growth my lip. On my return home
| became sensible that my blood needed a thorough
cleansing My whole system, too, required tuning
up. While casting about for the best medicine to
do this your "FAVORITE REMEDY was so
highly commented III my hearing that resolved TO
try it. did So and the result surprised me, il was
effected 50 quickly and completely | soon got over
the depression produced by the operation, and
since the "FANORITE REMEDY" which | have
continued to take in small doses, has kept me in
such health and strength as never had before, nor
expected To have. 1t is the best blood purifier in
the world. ] am sure of that.
Yours, Sc. MATTHEW FARRELL.
"a Adams Street.
able,
Address DR. David Kennedy Kondout, \. Y.
But, if you have not done 50, adopt "FANORIrE
REMEDY" as a household friend.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-06-18
SCOTS Emulsion Of Pure
Cod Liver OIL, with HypOphOSphites

For rheumatism, Scrofuia and Andemia.
As these diseases are all the result of an impov
erished condition of the blood, nothing will builc
up the system and enrich and vitaize the blood
and assist nature to overcome this condition Sc
quickly as SCOTS Emulsion.
Henry V. Poor says, "Watered stock must soor
90 to the wall We should guess he meant Wal
street were it not for the fact that most of the wat
cred stock is there alreatlN.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-06-18

survival of the tittest. Downs Elixir has outve,
every other cough remedy simply because il is TIT
best.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-06-18

Every bottle of Arnica 4 OIL Linimcnt sold Il
warranted by the proprletors to give satisfaction
money will be refunded.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-06-18
BuckIen'S Arnica Salve,

\ New York publisher announces a new book
called "a Won ans Work" 1t must be the longest
story record for we are told 81 woman's work
is never done"
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HaIe's Honey the great Coagh cure Csc, 50c.& 81
GIenn's sulphur soap heals K beauties, 25c.
Germantown Remover k.i.s Corns < Bunfons
H,Ils Hair and Whisker o. 2-Ilarl and Brown, SOC.
Pixies TOOthachc Er0ps cure in Minute25c
Deans Rheumatic Pill. are sure cure, SOC.
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More people, adults and children, trouble
with costiveness than with any other almcnt ID
Henry Bakers Mandrake Btters will cure 60,
tiveness and prevent the diseases which resu
from it. lm24
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A piano playing contest recently took place be-
tween twelve ladies of Dover, \. IL. Four fire
companies and detachment of police FASTENED to
the scene, but upon being informed of the nature
Of the tumult they Withdrew with profuse apollo
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CURE YOURSELF I!

Don't pay large doctors bills. The best medical
book published, one hundred pages. elegant colorcc
stamps to pay the postage. Address A. Z. Ordway
4 Co, Boston, Mass.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12
GENERAL GRANT VERY ILL,
His Condition Known be to Alarming
1.-The Statement.

The following statement of General Grants
CONDITION is based on reliable authority: "Not-
withstanding the Iose-c olored report of General
Grants lealth, recently gwen in n medical
journal, the truth is, that General Grant is
very sick man, AMI his death apparently not
far dist mt. The public has no conception Of
tho shattered condition OF his physical system.
1t is hoped that the affection of the tongue may
not prove fatal, but there is as yet no appear
ance that it is not the development of an alig-
nant and fatal disease. Although somewhat
better now than some weeks ago, the enlarged
and inlamed tongue continues, making it pain
full to speak or swallow fluids, the only nour-
ishment he can take. In addition to this dis
tressing malady, General Grant is terrible
sufferer from neuralgia and it seems to have
taken possession 0! his whole system. He has
had most OF his teeth drawn to lessen neural
gic torture, and his injury in the hip caused by
his TALL year ago is still tho source of great
suffering and lorbids physical exercise. 1t is a
fact that should no longer be concealed from
the country, that General Grant is rapidly
breaking down and apparently without hope Of
reaction, and unless there should be some I'M.
expected relief he will not be long among tho
living He is wonderfully patient and uncon-
planning, and he profoundly appreciates the ex-
pressions of sympathy which have been called
out by his recent appalling msiortunes He
works every day with bandagcd head and an
unremitting pain to finish his military auto
biography or history of the war ard hopes to
complete it this spring. The first volume is
entirely finished, but not revised, and the sec
ond volume is more than half done. He has
not taken the time to revise the first volume
because of his apprehension that he may not DO
able to finish his second ,,lllme"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12
Origin of Roller Skates.

When lie Prophetic was first pro-
duced in Paris, says Celia Logan, the
skating scene though highly desirable
on account of its novelty, came near
being eliminated because of the impos-
sibility of having real ice and skaters
upon the stage. The difficulty was f.
nally overcome and the novelty made
available by the ingenuity of the prop
erty artist, who conceived the idea Of
roller skates, and thus to theatre sub.
ordinate the world owes the pleasure
it derives from roller skating. The
pastime was not, however, introduced
into private life by the Parisans, the
French being VIGOROUSLY slow in
adopting the new and untried. In
1S47 the old Covent Garden Theatre,
London, was transformed into the
Royal Italian Opera House and lie
Prophetic splendidly put on the time
honored boards, and for the first time
the British public beheld roller skat-
ing. Although they went almost wild
with enthusiasm over the skating
scene, they took no more kindly to roll
Ter skating as Pastime than the
French had done. How and when
roller skating crept into this country
is not known to me, but it has taken
thirty-fye years since its advent into
London to bring it into its present
state of popularity. Theatrical man.
ayers deceive themselves when they
attribute that popularity solely to the
cheapness of admission to Kinks. The
craze for roller skating is mainly due
to the rapidly increasing love of ply
steal exercise in both sexes, and conse-
quently its hold upon the young will
not easily be relaxed. The first skates
had only one set OF wheels, and clamps"
are quite modern improvement.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12
What is a Mahdi.

Mahdi, or Mahadi, as D'Herbelot
spells it, is an ancient title in the Mos
lem world which at first signifed
simply director of the faithful. Butin
the course of Moslem history, and es-
pecially Moslem history in Africa, it
came to have another Specification re-
lated to an accepted prophecy of Mo-
manned. 1t necessarily refers to the
African part of Arabic history. BY
this secondary significance Of the word
the Mahadi is a certain ancient leader
Come again. His appearance is the
second advent" of a prophet who
lived in the old days, and who, in all
the meantime, has been with the i'm
mortals. Mohammed, the twelfth
Imam, and the twelfth in descent from
Ali, is the real original. He is the
Mahadi who comes again every now
and then. He was hidden from the
world at an eally age and communed
only with his disciples through his
lifetime, and finally did not die, but
event up with the fixed intention of
returning to revive the glories of Mos
lem. AS in the Christian theory and
even in the history of several monar-
chies this legend of a prince who is to
return has afforded favorite pretex
for no end of impostcrs, so it did in
Islam. The most famous of these in
past ages was Abulcassem Mohammed
Ben Abdallah, the founder of the Fa-
finite dynasty in Africa. Mohammed
had prophesied that in 800 years the
sun would rise in the west, and as
Abulcassem's glory was in 296 of the
Hegira, it was held that the prophecy
referred to him, and since then the
idea of the Mahadi has commonly had
relation to a revival of the glories of
Islam in that western world Of Mos
lemism, the provinces of Africa held
by the Arabs. YORK. Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12
Rise of the Middle Name.

One of the myriad currents of the
great social streams has lately whisked
the once lonely and Insignificant mid
die name out into the full tide Of pop
ularity, and is sweeping 1t on conspic-
uous in all the glory of its entire
length and massiveness, says the Cleve-
land, Ohio, Leader. The initial which
long did duty as its representative has
suddenly become acquainted with its
half-forgotten fellows, and wonder
full expansion of signatures has result
ed. John B. Smith is now John
Brown Smith, and Mary S. Brown has
become Mary Smith Brown, and so on
without limit. Writers are giving
their admirers the benefit of all the
names they have, and from celebrities
like Thomas Bailey Aldrich. George
Parsons Lathrop, Louise Chandler
Moulton. Frances Hodgson Burnett
and Harriet Beecher Stowe to the Reg
inald Wilde Schmidts and Beatrice
Langtry Gilhoolys who scribble for
hashy weeklies. they refuse to cut
down or condense their appellations.
no matter what may happen to the
rest of their copy" The result has
been certain gain in the British
stateliness so much desired. and a
parading of family connections highly
interesting to gossips, and quite sug-
gestive of. ancestral pride. 1t is this
last phrase of the middle name craze
which is most significant. With the
growth of wealth and hereditary PROM
inence in society the aristocratic drift
of feeling among Americans of large
means and fashionable notions has be-
come very marked, and each genera
tion born and bred in luxury finds it
more disagreeable to look back to the
days when the family was poor and
and humble. and easier to imagine the
gulf that time has opened between the
rough Puritan chore girl and the Bea
con street belle, the New Amsterdam
butcher and the Fifth avenue dandy
too wide to cross even in thought
much more for the plebeian multitude
to bridge. So out come coats of arms
made to order, and crests and middle
names.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12
THE SITUATION IN EGYPT.
Gakdui to be Abandoned by the British
Zulus Offering their Services.


LoNDoN' Hla'c.' - oesPa'ch from hoiu
says 'naiauuefs sun lhlcs' the ihlls between
ithere ana 'aNuul Dht II Is NOT expected tnal
lthey can muster Ill s"'ncieht lolce 10 altaeh
1eneTal buler
oespntcn from HaAuul Weils reports lnaI
i1eneial buffers troops are much exhausted
ihey hso no encounter win Inc enemy ater
peavins hpu h'ea. 1ne "ouhaea are ooi,g
I~eh' uakoui VIII DC aoahoohed, inc Thoie
poroe retiring TO hortl.
Inc to,ai losses suiiere' by the britsn troops
IN ,heir desert campaign SINCE leaving horn' III
KILLED. ana disabled are 81 olhcei8 anu 4oo men,
Aiter me l"e ac'ioh OF t'ie re'eis IN Destroy
nng me advanced reuouots, Lieutenant Ask"l'h
went oal 70 'hetn 10 AMER me Arrangement iof
eApiodng me mines with wnich they were pio-
fectea WINE ne was examining one OF the
1nlnes II eNpioaea rom some unknown cause
anu Lieutenant AsNwI,h was niown 10 pieces
General l.ora "'lseley mas received teie-
gram IRON Metthueh morse IN Sou'h Africa
oIer,ng ,neir services Ill inc oouuih rs sooh as
''i'e aiiiicu',ies AT tHe o"i'e are set'ieo'
AoVioes rom Dufnan announce that reports
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12
UNPRECEDENTED SUIT.
A Man Wants Life Policy I'm Favor
of His Sister Made Void.

A Man Wants n Life Policy i'm Favor
of His Sister Made Void.
S. Townsend Peckham of New York is
suing his sister, Mary E. Grindley, and the
Manhattan Life Insurance Company to have
declared void policy Of insurance upon his
life for the benefit OF his sister. He AYERS
that "a years ago when he had just become
OF age, his father induced him to 60 before
a physician to submit to an examination as
10 his physical con lition. His father then
applied, without his knowledge or consent,
for the policy OF $500 in suit His father
paid premiums up to 1879, when he died,
and Mrs. Grndlcy, who was IA at the date
Of the policy, has continued to pay them
since. The plaintiff, between whom and his
sister and her family there is hostile feeling,
seeks to have the policy voided, claiming
that she has no insurable interest in his life,
and that such an insurance is against public
policy. Though no offered to indemnify the
company for any moneys they might be re-
CURED 10 repay, in case he succeeded, they
nterposed q demurrer to the complaint, which
was argued today. 1t was argued on behalf
of the company that the plaintiff had no right
to interpose in the matter, and that the conf
pany were the only parties who could raise
such plea. Judge Andrews reserved his de-
cision remsiking that the suit was unprece-
dented.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12

Francis r. Warren, the new Governor of
Wyoming, is good example OF the Yankee
who goes West and grows up with the coun-
try. He was born in Peru, Berkshire county,
Mass, the son OF Joseph Warron, who was at
one time q brakeman on the Boston'& Albany
Railroad. He was a student in Hillsdale
Academy in 1861, and lived in that place
about three years after, as tenant farmer.
He went with the Forly-nnth Regiment to the
war, and aiterward WAS captain of militia. Ten
OF eleven years ago lie went to Wyoming,
where nc began keeping miscellaneous store
in Cheyenne; his business now includes three
Or four separate departments, together const-
tutng one Of the largest mercantile establish
rents west Of Chicago; while he is also large
owner Of cattle, his herds numbering 10000
head. Mr.. Warren is little more than forty
yaor, old
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12
Soaring Them Off,

Mr.. Winks-"Goodness me. There is
a young couple looking at that vacant
house next door, and they've got baby
looks awful cross, too"
Mrs. Winks-"Horrors! What shall
we do? Can't we scare them off some
way? Go tell them the roof leaks and
the walls are damp and tell them the
last tenant died of smallpox"
aid like to. dear, but it wouldn't do.
The landlord would sue for damages"
"Oh! mercy; but something must be
done, Mr.. Winks, before they decide to
take it. Onl do think OF something"
Il have it. Run down to the piano
and sing Sweet Violets. Cali
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12

A Frenchman has tried the experiment
Of weighing different parts of the horse
while alive. He has found practically
that in road work the fore legs wear out
faster than tho hind, and argues that
any means by which the weight can DO
reduced will be gain in pecuniary
point of view. He placed hack mare
with her fore legs and hind legs on sep
arate weighing machines, and found
that, when left to assume her own atti-
tude, she weighed on the fore scales AGO
pounds, while her hind quarters drew
only $40 pounds, the total weight of the
animal being $50 pounds. By depres'
sing the head so as to bring the nose on
a level with the chest, seventeen pounds
additional were added to the front scales,
while the raising of that part to the
heights of the withers transferred twenty
one pounds to the hindermost scales.
Again, by raising the check rein and
drawing back the head in similar way,
seventeen pounds were transferred from
the fore to the hind scales, Every prao-
teal horseman knows that horses fore
legs will suffer in proportion to the
weight which is thrown on them, while
their relief Is an additional source of
strain to the hind legs. The French.
mans theory is that the check rein prop
crly adapted can equalize the strain and
make the hind legs bear their proportion
of the weight.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12
Natural Gas Wells.

The National Tube Works, located at N.c-
Keesport, Pa, some fifteen miles from Pitts
burg, began some few months since to connect
their works with natural gas well which
they had located in the Murrysville district
Ten miles distant. An eight inch pipe laid in
the most thorough manner connected their
manufactures with the well. Recently all the
connections being perfect, the flow of gas was
turned on, and III fourteen minutes it was
blowing through the outlet, fourteen miles
distant, and it will be used in the furnaces Mt
once. This natural gas will afford both light
and heat, and the use OF it by the Nalional
Tube Works will not exhaust one-quarter of
the supply. 1t is estimated that the cost of
fuel and light which was $4,000 last year,
will be reduced to $1,000 per annum.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12
BELL TELEPHONE LITIGATION.
A Decision Awarding Priority of Inven.
ton to Alexander Ora am Bell.

A Decision Awarding Priority of Inven-
ton to Alexander Graham Bell.
Commissioner Buiterwoith of the Patent
Office, has rendered decision in the grea
telephone interference case of Bell vs. Gray
rs. McDonough vs.. Voelker and others. The
case involved the question of priority of in
yention Of the telephone. The examiner of
interierences in his decision awarded priority
to Bell in nearly all minor points, but gave
priority to McDonough in the invention OF The
telephone receiver, which is perhaps the most
important part OF the apparatus. On appeal
TO the board of examiners in chief Melon
ough's device was declared imperative, and
this point was also decided in Bells favor. In
bis decision today, upon appeal from the de-
cision the commissioner affirms the findings of
the board of examiners, and awards priority Of
invention to Alexander Graham Bell in all
claims of importance.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12
Hens as Gold Hunters.

The Nevada goid-seekers have dis
covered new use for fowls. 1t is a
common light there to see men and
women carrying a hen under one arm
and basket of chickens under the
other. When they reach their destina-
ton the hens. are picketed. and, being
already hungry. begin to scratch and
cat. After three or four days honest
toll they are Killed and their c-aws ex-
amined fer gold. As much as s. has
been found in one eraw,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12
Horrors Of the Rink.

TIE roller rink has many sins to an
weI for, b at it still remaifs flourish
ing Line! ican institution. Something
must be done soon, however. for the
dashing professor of roller skating
is usurping the place of the sad-eyed
coachman and clipping with rich heir
esses. The rink mus reform or co.
Minneapolis f'Fibu1e,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12
GEN. GORDON,S DIARIES.
Six Manuscript Volumes Forwarded by
Gen. WoIscley to London.

SSkA HAehuSSAipb l. OTVdfUcu Oy
Gen. Wolscley to London.
The diaries kept by Gen. Gordon during the
seige Of Khartoum have been sent by Cen
Wolseley to London, and will be received there
soon. They comprise six manuscript volumes,
and contain daily record of life in the be-
leaguered city from the time OF Gen. Gordons
arrival to the time when he sent his steamers
down the river to meet Gen. Stewards troops
at Gabut They were carried across the desert
by special couriers from Gsbut to Gakdul, and
thence to Korti, where they were received
and read by Gen. Wolscley. Flagmentary
extracts from the diaries have found their way
BY telegraph to the London papers, and the
public appetite is whetted for more. 1t has
been suggested that the best memorial of the
dead hero would be furnished by Publishing
his diaries ct a nominal price, so that they
could be read throughout the world. The OBJ
etacle in the way of this enterprise would be
the difficulty of obtaining the consent of the
government TO the publication If the diaries in
Complete form,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12
Counterfei,ers Make a Mistake.

Panezza and Menti two Italian iorsers, while
aboard steamer on Lake Tuiano, noticing
that they were observed by some Of the pas
scngers, suspected that they were being pur-
sued. They sneaked away to one corner OF
the boat and threw package Into the water.
The action attracted suspicion. The steamer
was stopped and the package, which floated.
was secured. 1t was found to contain 500, 900
in well counterleted bank notes. This discov
cry led to the arrest of Panczza and Menti,
and they were turned over to the police, who
had long been looking for them
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12
EUGENlE'S ACCIDENT.

The Ex-Empress and the Duke de Bas-
sano Seriously Injured.
The ex-Empress Eugene was taking a car
rage drive at marlborough, England, whom
the horses took fright and boltcd. One of the
animals was killed by being impaled upon a
shaft of cart. The ex-Empress and the other
occupants OF the carriage were thrown out. but
escaped unhurt. The coachman was slightly
injured. Another account says that the ex-
Empress was riding with the Duke de Bassano
and that both were thrown violently to the
ground and severely bruised and cut. The
duke is 50 years of age and i, i, feared that his
injuries will prove fatal. The Empress was
less seriously hurt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-12
General Hazen Susnended.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-The letter of the
chief signal officer, General Hazen, publicly
criticising the action OF the secretary OF war in
rejecting his recommendations concerning tho
Greeley relief expedition, has led to the
issuance OF an official order by the President
suspending General Hazen. 1t brings him to
consider himself under arrest, places the signal
service under temporary charge of Captain
Mills, and convenes court-Insrtial, of which
General Hancock will be president, for his trial
on charges OF conduct prejudicial to good order
and discipline.