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Light Coins.

The following notice has been posted
on the bullctin-board of the sub
Treasury
"On and after August /, 1886, all
gold coin below legal weight will, under
instructions received from the Secretary
of the Treasury, be stamped eight" as
the same is presented at the sub-Trcas
ury."
The necessity for this new rule, as cx-
planned at the sub-Treasury, is this:
There is a law which fixes the coin
"limit of toicrance"-the point to which
coins may be worn or abraded and St IL
be worth their face value-at one half of
/ per cent. This means that when a
gold dollar in the course of its use loses
one one-half cent of its value in weight
it ceases to be worth 81 as legal tender,
and is worth only its weight as gold mer-
chandisc. Until about four years ago it
was a rule of the officers at the New
York sub-Treasury to stamp all coins
outside of the limit of tolerance with q
letter co." signifying that they were of
light weight.
But depositors raised an cutlery against
the multilation of national coins, and an
order came from Washington directing
the treasury here 10 quit its stamp
ing business. The result was that,
though lightweight coins were once re-
jectcd at the sub-treasury, they still kept
coming in a regular stream. The same
abradcd coin would be offered over and
over again four or five times during one
week. There was nothing to distinguish
their light weight, and often they were
detected only because the clerks of the
sub-treasury, with their delicate touch,
the result of years of practice, could de-
tect the lightness of weight, when to an
ordinary business man the coin would
have nothing in its appearance out of the
ordinary. Often it happened that in one
bag of gold coins the abrasion of the
pieces will make total of SIS or more
under the full weight value, though the
loss to each coin is scarcely pcrceptiblc.
-Neo York Times.
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ANOTHER DEFALCATI0N.
Samuel G. Smelling Charged with
the Embezzlement
or Forty Thousand Dollars from the
Lowell Bleuchery.

Samuel G. Smelling, ex-treasurer of the
Lowell bleachcry, was arrested between and
o'clock on the 10Th. at his residence, No "a
Commonwealth aver II Boston, by Inspector
Richardson ana Officer l., B. McCaus and on
a warrant issued by Ju 'ge Curtis, charging
him with the embezzement of S39, GS3 from
the Lowell Bleachery corporation. 1t had
been ascertaincd that some two or three
month; ago Mr. Smelling obtained $4,000
from the Merchants Eank on a Lowell bleach
cry note, and the proceeds he converted to
his own use by dep6siting it in the Maverick
bank. The warrant was issued on the afhda-
Wit of the senior member of well known firm
of brokers, and thai gentleman states that
his action was for no other reason than the
public good. There is no mention of the
transaction on the blcachery company's
books.
1t is alleged that Mr., Snelling's defalca-
tons will reach as high as S350,0o0. When
arrested he had nothing to say. He gave
bail in the sum of $4,000, MI. Frede icll
Amory going on the bond for his appearance
at court, and was then released from custody.
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Rich Mems Wills.

A lawyer of my acquaintance, who has
vast connection in consultations and
he administration of estates, in con-
versation growing out of Governor Til
denis will, remarked to me;
'You would DO astonishcd to know
how many of our rich men fight shy o,
making wills, They seem to have SUI
pcrstitious dread of any act associated
with the idea of death. Even when they
do screw their courage up TO the point OF
directing the distribution of their prop
erty it takes weeks to get them to sign
the document. ! have half a dozen wills
awaiting signatures in my safe, and there
are two or three of my clients whom ]
have for years been vainly trying to in
duce to put their testamentary wishes on
paper They make all sorts of excuses,
till some man dies intestate and his prop
crty gets into litigation. This scarcs
them and they rush in and have the job
done for them before their fright wears
off. But often they will order the will
made and then lcaveit unsigned till they
get another warning. i always have
some wills to draw up after the papers
report the death of prominent rich
man. The Tilden will has brought four
OF my clients to reason and made nc
happy in knowing that their estates arc
rendered as secure as reasonable precau-
lions can make them. Some men have q
mania for altering their wills, too, though
this is pet prerogative of the other sex.
have drawn up from three TO dozen,
and even more, wills, for certain of my
clients, and they have not got through
changing their minds yet" -NeD York
NcpS
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CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.


A duty of four pounds was laid in
1908 upon every negro imported into tho
colony of Massachusetts,,
There were about 1s,50O men in a
Roman legion, and in the palmy days of
Rome she possessed thirty of these
mighty forces,
Thomas Golden, ilagman in Golono,
ILL.,, has tame robin that he has ia ght
to walk out of the flag house and wave
tiny flag whenever train comes.
A beautiful custom is said TO prevail
with the natives of Java. A fat CT
when his child is born plants tree, and
thus signalzes the birth.
1t is affirmed by Mons. Lcssennc that
ncedle-puncturo in the skin of a living
person will close at once, and that if the
puncture remains open it is II sure sign
of death.
The longest clock pendulum in the
world is at Avignon, France. 1t is six
ty-seven feet long, aad requires four and
half seconds to swing through an arc
of nine and half feet.
The art of sculpture in wood seems to
have been native among the carly
Greeks, and carved idols soon took the
place of stones and trunks of trees,
which were at first worshipped as divine
symbols.
The sacred figures in early Greece
were frequently covered with real doll
like clothing. The difficulty of repre-
scnting the hair of these puppets ap'
pears, from the later treatment of the
heads In marble, as seen in the Apollo OF
Tenea, to have been cvadcd by the use
of a woolly covering like a wig.
1t was considered very honorable to be
a soldier in ancient Rome, much more
honorable than to be mechanic OIL
laborer. Every soldier took u most solemn
oath, which was called sacrament. "
He sworc never to desert his standard, tc
submit his own will to the command Of
his leader, and to sacrifice his life for the
empire. The soldiers were we'll paid,
but very strictly disciplined.
Birds have wonderful appetitcs, and
the insect-eatcrs must do great execution
among the insect enemies of the farmer.
This is illustrated by Prof. Woods csti-
mate that man would have to consume
in every twenty-four hours sixty-sever
feet of sausage nine inches in circumfer.
ence in order to eat as much in proper.
ton to his bulk as the red-breast, whose
daily food is considered as equivalent tc
an carthworm fourteen feet long.
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The Candle Dish.

One of the curiositics of the animal
kingdom is the eulachon, or candle fish
of the northeastern Pacific. 1t is about
IA inches long, resembles the smelt in
appearance and is caught in large guam
titles in the carly spring. 1t is the fat
test of all known fishes, for which reason
its dried and smoked flesh is highly es-
teemed as warming food for winter by
Indians, by whom the oil is also eaten.
So fat is the fish that when dried it
burns with bright flame until entirely
consumed, forming a candle much used
among the Indians either with or with
out wooden wick passed through tho
BODY.
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NEWS NOTES.
DOMESTIC.

The tax rate of Ipswich, Mass, has been
fixed by the assessors at Sl5,4 per $1,000,
The Catholic Total Abstinence societies of
New Hampshire held union picnic at Dover
Point few days ago.
George Walter Remington, % years old, a
Providence engraver, committed suicide on
the 10Th by shooting.
The Providence, II. l., boss plastere,s have
conceded nine hours a days work, This at
fects 250 men, and the disaffected have re-
turned to work.
Major Y. C. Renne, of Springfield, Mass,
is to 20 to Australia to manage the interests
of the New York Mutual Life Insurance
Company there. He will sail September
10Th.
North Adams wants free mail delivery.
Postmaster Tyler says the receipts of the
Office are over $4,000,
The veneer factory of J. H. Searles, New
port, Ut, was burned on the 10Th The fire
was discovered at 2,3J o'clock. The flames
spread so rapidly that nothing could be saved,
The loss is estimated at $1,000, with light in
surance.
Frank, the ten-year-old son of John Con
nors of Millville, Mass, was drowned in
Blackstone river He is said to have gone
into the water to recover his lost pocket
knife.
Edward Farrell of Whitehall, N, V, aged
"a years, brakeman on the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company railroad, fell be-
tween the cars while switching at West Rut-
land, Vt, and his right leg was cut OIL near
the body. go
Simeon D. Phelps of Claremont, N. H.,
aged "a, is missing, and is supposed TO have
wandered away during temporary alteration
of mind. He has wife and four children.
Henry Munger of East River, CT, on the
Shore Line, was killed while crossing the
track onthe 10Th
The Knights of Labor at Marlboro have,
through committee, made contract with
leading firm of the town for 1909 tons OF
coal, to be furnished at from 90 cents to 81
per ton less than regular rates.
The first comptroller of the treasury has
decided that ali changes Of salaries provided
for in the legislative bl shall take etfe ct from
the beginning of the fisc Il year, July l, IN
stead of from the date when the Dill was aP
proved by the President Aug. /.
Capt. William s. Starring, ordnance de-
partment, has been relieved from duty at the
Springfield, Mass. armory and ordered to
duty as chief ordnance officer, department of
the Platte.
The contract for supplying distinctive pa
per for use in printing internal revenue
stamps has been awarded to the Fairchild
Paper Manufacturing company of Boston.
The ruin by the storm of the IS h at New
ark, Mimi, was almost complete. OF Is
buildings in the village, II were destroyed.
Four persons were killed and many injured
The national convent on of carpe .ters
held recently in Buffalo, voted to sustain tn :
New Haven carpenters III their movement
for nine hours. The New Haven carpen ers
will not strike if they can avoid it, but will
refuse to work for less than 80 cen S per hour
for nine hours.
Geronimo is trying to make peace with the
Mexicans, so that he can raid into New
Mexico and Arizona. The Indians are in a
bad condition and Geronimo has his arm in
sling
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Contraction VS.. Expansion.

ofessor-"To contract is to make
smaller; to expand is to enlarge. Cold
contracts; heat expands. The opera
tions cannot go on at the same time in
the same thing. IT,
Pupil-"Beg your pardon, Professor
There are some things the more you con.
tract the more they enlarge"
All, indeedl Name some of Them"
sDebts. SIR"
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A Coat Of Arms.

"You need coat-of-arms, Mr.. Hoey,"
commented a distinguished Englishman,
after he had been shown through the
vast estate at Hollywood.
'Indeed hadn't thought of that
was the reply.
"Who was your father9"
"a night"
"a knight! Then it will be easy; any
herald's college can readily trace your
inc. All! What kind of a knight did
you say'"
ga night watchman. "-Neo Yorz
Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-08-26
GALVESTON FLOODED.
A Tremendous Gale Flowing and Loss
of Life and Shipping Much Feared.

A dispatch from Galveston, Texas, Aug
90 says: A violent easterly gale prevails
here. The wind is blowing at the rate of
forty-fve miles az hour, and is constantly
increasin, in velocity The whole southern
and sou heaste II portion of the city is iuun
dated by water, and many families have been
driven out and compelled to seek safety and
shelter at the hotels down town. The street
railway ,ong t e beach has been torn up,
and the waters of the gulf are now breaking
over the lower gallery Of the Beach Hotel.
Much apprehension is felt for the families re-
siding at exposed points and for the shipping
anchor, d in the outer roads. Heavy dashes
of rain are falling occasionally, and last night
was intensely dark
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-08-26

A deposit Of mineral paint at C ifion,
Tenn, is thought to he the largest in
the world. 1t is said to be oily, of a
Venetian rel color, and that it is better
for iron or tin roofs than lead, as it
sticks letter. 1t is believed that scvc.;
m lion tons can &c mined at a cost of so
cents per ton,
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Good Shooting,

Sportsman -"Any shooting around
herel"
Farmer-'fYes, sir-cel It's the boss
place for shooting. Three men shot yes
terday, two to-day, so far, and you will
be the third if you don't mosey out of
nv clover patch.
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DIES AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE.

Sudden Demise of john Dougon, Ed
itor of the New York weekly.
John Dougal l, editor of the New York
Weekly died suddenly at the breakfast table
on the 10Th, at the residence of his son at
Flushing, L. l. He was in perfect health,
editor and part proprietor of the Montreal
Witness, was telegraphed for. 1he business
of the New York ard Montreal papers will
be continued by the two sons Of the deceased.
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Serve mn Injunction on Disease

By invigorating feeble constitution, remos-
ing debiltated physique. and enriching thin
and innutricious circulation with Hostetter's
stomach Btters the finest, the most highly
sar ctioned. AMI the most popular tonic and
preventive in existence. 1t strengthens the
stomach remedies torpor of the liver and
bowels, and gives healthful impulse to the
news and bladder. Not only does it arrest and
prevent the recurrence of malarial fevers, but
Il furnishes the only adequate safeguard
against them to persons who have never been
AFFLICTED with those Inaladics, but would be
liable to incur them if incidentally unpro.
tected. 1t eliminates from the blood certain
impurities which the most skillful pathoio-
eists assign as the exciting cause Of these ag-
onizing complaints rheumatism and govt, and
IL is, moreover, an excellent remedy for an err.
feebled or overweight state OF the nerves. and
for mental dependency.
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Taken at his Word.

GLOW burned your face and lips are
by the sum- said young Crimsonbeak to
Miss Fussanfcather the other evening
while calling.
eyes, l am frightfully burned. What
can / do for it2"
"Why don't you try cold cream"
"Wcll, don't care if l do. I'll take
chocolate and vanilla"
And before the imprudent young man
was aware of it he was being spirited
down the street in the Dir cction of an
ice cream saloon. - Yonker's Statesman
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From John Kuhn, Lafayette, Ind, who an
nounces that he is now in perfect health"
we have the following: 'One year ago | was,
to all appearance, in the last stages of con-
sumption. Our best physicians gave my ca Q
up. l finally got so low that our doctors SAID
could not live twenty-four hours. My friends
then purchased bottle of DIR. WILLIAM
HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS which bene-
fitted me. ! continued until took nine bottles.
am now in perfect health, having used no
other medicine"
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Diphthera is frequently the result of a neg
tected sore throat which can be cured by
single bottle of Red Star Cough Cure. Price,
twenty -five cents bottle.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-08-26

In some parts o. Indiana farmers are tear
Ing down their worm fence; bui of black
walnut rails and S i ing the seas on d sticks to
charmakers for prices that wi ref nee the +
feds with PIN ana leave margin Profit
On tho Ouernt on
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-08-26

Mobile. A a., has tn Il stiuction o. being he
nnly city of the word which. having tried the
electric light for street light ng, has gone back
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-08-26

A curious publication in the way of
unique books is volume of poems print
ed in various sized type on paper of every
color of the rainbow, and covered in
brown paper tied with plain string.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-08-26

The color produced by Buckingham's Dye
for the Whiskers, is permanent and natural.
To promote digestion, to keep the body
healthy and the mind clear take Ayers Pills.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-08-26

&C. buys a pair of Lyons Patent Heel Stiff
feners. which makes boot or shoe last twice
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-08-26
Your Vacation

For RATES for adj ertisiag IN this raper. apply tc
the u Iii h r n L. Thirty-fOur
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-08-26

For DYSPEPSIA, indigestion, depression Of spir-
its and general debility, in their various forms,
also rs n preventive against fever and aguo and
other intermittent fcvcrs the "Ferro- Phosphor-
Hazard & Co.. New York, and sold by all Drug
gsts, is the best tonic; and for patients
ing from fever, or other sickness it has no equal.
Ifyou have numbness In arms and limbs, heart
skips beats, thumps or tutters. or you are
nervous and irritable-in danger of shock
DIR. kilmer's OCEAN-WEED regulates, relieves,
Corrects and cures
Tho best cough medicine is Piso's Curs
for Consumption. Sold everywhere, 2jc
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-08-26

Thirty-fivc firms in Barre. VT, are c1gageo
in the granlts bu-iness.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-08-26

unat is the message, and SO declare it. Jesus
never fiattered those to whom he preached.
He said to those who did wrong and who
were offensive in his sight: 'Ye generation
OF vipers! ye whited sepulchres! how can
We escape the damnation OF lell ~ Paul the
Apostle preached before man who was not
ready to hear him preach. What sub ect did
he take! Did he say: ''Oh, YOU are a good
man, very fine man, very noble mano
No: he preached of Righteousness. to a man
who was unrighteous of temperance. to a
man who was the victim of bad appe. ties; of
the Judgment to come, to man who was
unfit for it. So we must ALWAYS declare the
message that happens to come to us. Daniel
must read it as it is. A minister preached
before James /. of Eng'and who was .IanAs
vi of Scotland. What sub Jest did he take.
The King was noted all over the world for
being unsettled and wavering in his ideas
What did the minister preach about to this
man who was James l. of England and
James vi. of Scotland! He took for his tie 1t,
James l.. o.: He that wavereth is like a
wave of the sea driven with the wind and
tossed" Hugh Latimer offended the King
Hugh Latimer, co ne and Apologize Il
will, said Hugh Latimer. So the day was
appointed, and tn, Kings chapel was
fun of Lords and Dukes, and the
mighty men and women o, the country, for
| Hugh Latimer was to apologize. lie be gan
| MS seTHicu ny say luS+ lluSu latlmef, De-
think thee. 1hod art in the presence of thine
earthly King, who can destroy thy bodyl
But bethink thee, Hugh latimer, taat thou
art in tho presence Of the King of Heaven
anu EARN, wnj can destroy bo5h body and
soul in hell tire oh. King, cursed be thy
| crimesm
2. Another lesson that comes to us: Thers
is great difference between the opening of
the banquet of sin and its close. Young man,
II you hal looked in upon the banquet in the
| hrst: few hours, you would have wished
you had been invited there AMI could sit at
the feast. ''0h, the grandeur of Belshazzar's
Ieast," you would have said: but Won
look in at the close of the ban met
aud your blooi curdles with horror.
! The King of TeTrors has the ghastlier
banquet: human blood is the wine aud diving
| groans are the music. Sin has made itself a
King in the ca tn 1t has crowned itself. 1t
has spreal banquet II invites all tbs
word to come to it, 1t has hung in its ban
quoting ball the spoils Of all kingdoms and
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-03

Next Friday evening the Germania
Amusement Society viii give their sixth
grand ball at Germania Hall, corner Of
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Market and Fourteenth streets. Mayors
orchestra will furnish the music.
POINTS ON PEOPLE.

Movements of Citizens, and the Coming anc
Going of Strangers
G. f. Citizens, of Birmingham, o., was
in the city yesterday.
Miss Kate G. Wright has returned after
an extended trip to st. Louis.
Miss Carrie Higgins has been visiting
friends in Steubenyille the past week.
Miss Maggie Dowan, of Wellsburg, Is
the guest of Mrs. Abe Lukens OF the Is,
land.
Messrs. Walter Williams, Will Wells
and Ben Beard are spending Sunday WIFI
Parkersburg friends.
Miss Belle McCabe has returned nome
from an extended visit to friends IN
Charleston, W. Va. .
Hon. George r. Tingle left for San
Francisco, Cal, on Friday, to join his
family and pass the winter.
Miss Jennie DeCamps, of Wellsburgh,,l rs
in the city, the guest of Mrs. James b.
Maxwell of the South side.
Miss Jennie Jackson, an accomplished
Young lady OF Kingwood, is the guest o.
Miss Laura Crayton, on the Island.
Mr.. Charlie Hughes left yesterday FOL
Denver, Col, where be will emain som
time for the benefit os his health.
Miss Minnie Walters, formerly OF tins
eity, but now of Lancaster, Pa, is visiting
Miss Zanna Frasher on the Island.
Miss Ellie Hoffman, daughter of Judge
Hoffman, of Cumberland, Md, Is visiting
Mrs. j. F. Merriman, on Chapline street.
Miss Lille B. McGregor after a pleasant
visit to Miss Marie Mcdonald, on Fifteenth
street, has returned to her home at Cairo
Mrs. Senator ]. n. Camden and Mr.. J,
n. Camden, Jr., have been visiting Judge
and Mrs. G. w. Thompson for a week
past.
Mr.. Harry Brown, of the Island, ac-
companied by his family left yesterday fol
an extended visit to relations in Steuben'
vile.
Mr.. VIM. Marsh and daughter, Setta,
have returned home, after an extended
visit to friends and relatives in Detroit,
Mich
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An z Display.

The exhibit of nantes, CRATES and
stoves, made by Fisher & Son, at the Cap
ital Rink, for the purpose of displaying
the uses and advantages of natural gas as
a fuel, was extravagantly admired by the
thousands of our citizens who saw it, Fri
day night and yesterday, in connection
with the working of natural gas as a fuel
for domestic purposes. The exhibit,
though put in on rather short notice, was
highly creditable to the firm who arc
always on the alert to give the public the
advantage of anything new and useful in
their line. They manufacture the most
improved styles of stoves and CRATES, while
their stock of mantles and furnishings are
of the latest and handsomest designs. All
these articles of household usefulness
adornment are adapted to the use of natur-
al gas as well rs coal, as was fully rttested
by the excellent results of their display at
the rink. Persons in need of any article
in their line should give them a call before
buying elsewhere.