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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-07
GAMES OF CHANCE

and skill, in booths erected conviently
near the churches. In the evening the
garrison band performs its beat in front
of the governors casa, and all the
town are out in holiday attire to enjoy
the music and moonlight dancing,
flirting, frisking, or whatever may be
in progress.
Thursdays are even livelier, for the
middle ana lower classes, though less
musical, owing to the absence of band
and bills. 1t is the market day of the
district, when the plaza-that indis-
pensible adjunct of all Spanish cities
suddenly poisoning into surprising &C
t1vity, presents yirid bending of the
sharp contrasts of tropical life. The
| Carriage plaza,--shut off on one sids
BY the massive white towers of
the Parochial church. On another by
substantial, one-storied houses, with
projecting roofs and iron-barred case
ments, and fronted by the citadel and
governors audience hall,-the whole
directly overhung by the frowning vol
cano, Irazu, and Swallowed by the
clouds collected around his cloYen fore :
head.
Every Thursday, all the streets lead
ing into the plaza are thronged with
carts and oxen, muliteers, soldiers and
wandering mlnstrels, peddlers male
and female, beggars, innumerable and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-07
THE HORRIBLE GoITRE,

THE HORRIBLE GoITRE,
but beauty is the rule. The old women,
however, including those on the sunny
side of forty years. are extremely ugly.
Why in this charming climate females
become octogenarian at an age which in
northern regions has only served to give
color and dignity to perfect wemanhood
i am at loss to comprehend. Prob
ably it is due as much to excessive eat
ing and smoking, little exercise and no
thinking at all, as to the fact Of very
early maturity.
The Carriage Campo Santo: e. Field OF
Saints, ")must not be unyisited for with
in its walls of whitewashed adobe repose
several of our countrymen. Passing
in at the gate, through chapel, whose
door is always surrounded by beggars
and vendors of lottery tickets, we find
ourselves in grim and barren interior,
for these pious folk care othi0g for
the mortal remains after the soul has
escaped therefrom, an do not beautify
the resting places of their dead. In
the corridor of the chapel, in an
honored place among CaItago's dear
departed" lie the bones of an English
man named Baillie, who, quite by &C
cident, secured himself Christian
burial in community
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-07

OF WRETCHEDNESS lNDESCRIBABLE,
mostly cripples, whose distorted bones
are profitable stock in trade. The usual
contamination of articles is offered for
sale, piled up in booths or spread out
in the sun.
There are rainbow hued silks brought
from across the scean, gorgeous shawls
woven in near by Guatemala, sandy
zarapes of home manufacture, brigand-
like jackets fairly bristling with super
huous buttons; there are cocoa nuts in
ox-hide hampers, which bare-legged
fellows have brought all the way from
Mstsria, and queer drinking cups, made
of the shells OF the cItabdSh fruit, Ia
kind of gourd) carved with surprising
delicacy of touch and richness OF de-
sign. At other stalls English calico
may be found; also crockery and
cutlery. The United States contribute
little but few plugs of Virginia
tobacco. Carriage herself furnishes
excellent soft hats made from pita fibre,
and q good desl of gold and silver fila
gree work, in chains, breaches, brace
LET'S and small trinkets, among the most
beautiful of which are fairy baskets,
constructed with wonderful nicely and
| filed with lustrous pearls from the
Gulf of Nicoya.
Among the intimate variety of fruits,
there are blackberries, (the first l have
seen in Central America); potatoes
even more rare in most portions of the
country cooked and streaming,
not larger than hickory nut, yet as
good as any Irishman could desire:
and edible palm-tapes, which by the
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-02-23
Where Gold Seemed to Grow.

A few weeks ago parties who reside
in this city were making an examination
of the old Sogg chute of the Merrificid
mine, and found in one of the slopes OF
the abandoned upper works, which have
not been touched for a period OF
twenty-five years, piece Of very rich
quartz, which had been broken in two
with hammer and lail upon the foot
wall, probably by some employc who
intended to carry it away, but was pre-
vented doing SO. The two sections
were lying about hall an inch apart
upon a highly miacralizel clay. The
fragments were carried to the surface
and washcl, and an effort made to join
them together, when it was found to be
impossible, the spurs OF one piece
refusinr to re-enter the cavities
to which they corresponded
in the other, these cavities
having partially filled with gold since
the fracture was MI le. In some places
thin, foliatcd fi!m OF gold had spread
upon the surface of the rock, but the
most noticeable formation was in the
holes aud fissures. When placed uader
powerful magnilying glass it could be
plainly seen that the two pieces were
originally one, and that a formation of
gold had taken place, SO that to join
them accurately again was impossible.
This quartz was laid, as before stated,
alonc on bed Of clay, and this proves
that the gold-proiucing power is not
con fined TO the rock and earth alone,
but must exist in currents, which are
stronger in some parts of mine than in
others. But the process Of gold growth
is slow. and it requires ages to become
large enough to make the formation, in
which state it exists, of value to the
miner. Nevada City (Cal.) Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-02-23
An Electrical Dog Cart.

Mr.. Volk, whose electric railway is
known to all visitors to Brighton. Eng.
land, has constructed an electrically
driven dog cart, which attracts good
deal of attention among the leisurci
crowds which throng the gay Sussex
watering place. 1t is driven by half
horsepower Immisch motor and l6
small accumulators, which have Ca
pacity equal to six hours work. In the
desire to keep the machinery light,
scarcely sufficient power has been pro-
vided, so that although the vehicle will
make speed of nine miles an hour on
asphalt it only makes speed of four
miles on a soft maoa1am road, while,
with two passengers, an incline OF ia
80 is the limit OF its climbing power. -
Electrical World.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-02-23
The Beautiful Land.

There's beautiful land that lies TO the west
or the far-famed valley Of tears,
Where the griefs that are born arc )eaiousiy
prest
To the hearts of sorrowful years, ..
And are borne with with a noiseless,
n.asureless tread
Down the valley, across the strand,
Straight on to the sea, where the barks OF the
dead
Float by to tho Beautiful Land.
The dip Of the water is heard in tho night,
And the griefs that lie on the sands
In their naked woe, through the shimmering
light,
Reach out their weird. shadowy hands,
And beckon the vessels to como to them there,
And call to the mystical band
That drifts DER the sea, to welcoming air
Blown soft from the Beautiful Land.
They glide in the wonderful silence of death,
With faces, snow-white, to the west,
And lily hands kissed by the spice-laden
breath,
That strays from the sweet land Of rest,
They heed not moan from the grey, misty
vale;
They see not beckoning hand,
But sweetly they sleep in the barges a-sail
For the beautiful, rest-filled land.
indianapolis News.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-02-23
whisky Arithmetic.
Under the above heading the Cincinnati

Under the above heading the Cincinnati
ENQUIRER prints the following:
"'How many drinks of whisky do you
average dayf said one gentleman to an
other as they were enjoying social glass at
a well-known resort on Vine street yesterday
afternoon.
"Oh! taking the year round, I presume
nv average would be about ten a day.
"'And how long has this Icing going oni
was asked.
"'Straight along for twenty years, guess
but it never hurt me any, and L can tend TO
my patients Lhe is professional mani Just a.
well as / ever could
"'But how much whisky. taking yo5r own
statement for it. do you suppose you have
drank during that timer
.'l'm sure don't know; never though
about that
".Well let MS take another nip and then
figure on it, And they did, and here is th'
result of their work:
"'Tcn drinks q day would be seventy
drinks a week, or 500 drinks in year. In
| twenty years that would give the enormom
number of Y, 500 drinks Now, the ave. age
| drink :aken in this country is said 70 lie sixty
| to gallon. Then divide this -, 800 by sixty.
and you will find that You hive Consumed
| l,2l3 and a traction gallons Now, there are
| supposed to be, on an average, tbirty-siS
! gallons to the barrel. Divide l.sl3 bT thflty-
| SIX and you find that you have drank Jus'
| about thirty-six barreis OF the stuff
The old topper looked at the figures ard
then at his friend, and then remarked
/ Well, let's take one more, and then think
m give my stomach rest for day o.
| two.'H
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-02-23
HUMOROUS.

The men who establish the lard trust
will have soft thing in hand In sum
mer. ..
Hardly week passes but we are re-
minded that We are constantly sur
rounded by perils seen and kerosene.
Boarder-where is this butter madea
Landlady-Dairy male. B.-Where
do the hairs that are in it como from'
L.-Dairy maid.
Ii an untru'h is only day old it is
called lie; if it is a year old tits called
a falsehood; but if it is century old it
is called legend.
A young lady, asked by rich bache.
lor, "It not yourself, who would you
rather be2' replied, sweetly and mod
cstly, Yours truly
is Mrs. Fuilbloom a widow, Char
p She's widower." ga widow
CT! How can that be?' "Shes been
widow twice. Olce more will make her
a widowcst"
Old gentleman calling down the
stairs --Clara, didn't hear that young
man 90 just now. Daughtcr-Ycs, papa,
you heard him go to tho cellar for more
coal. '.....
A man who has lived in Minnesota for
ten years says that when he went there
the country was peoplcd by reds with
out white, but now there are all whites
without red.
"Pofessor," said graduate, trying
to be pathetic at parting, Il am in
dehted to you for all know" 'Pray
do not mention such trile," was the
unhattering reply.
He, with cmotion-Now dearest, that
you have accepted my proposal, let us
seal it with kiss. She, in business
tone-- What the use2 Your bid has
been accepted, and there's no need OF
sealed proposals.
Guest at hotc,-"I want extra steam
heat, weather strips on the windows,
special call boy, private dining-rooms,
eider-down quilts and--Hotcl clerk
''Hold on, my dear sir, think you've
made mistake. This isn't helven."
Practical American father 'Now.
Count, before you can 60 any further IN
this matter, so far as my daughter IS
concerned, l should like you to establish
your idcutity." Court 81 will show you
nv patent of nobility" ?. A. F.:
"That is ell very we'll; l own several
patents myself but how do know yours
is not an Infringement
We've come to ali era of trusts it appears
A milk trusts the latest that reaches our
ears;
A milk trustl Well, WELL we got on pretty
fast,
And we've got something that'll hold water
at last.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-02-23
MissinnarY MNnnshiners,

Ozark Mountains arc Inhabited by a
people as peculiar and primitive as those
Miss Murfrec has made known through
her Tennessee mountain stories. Liv-
ing within fifty miles of a railroad,
many OF these people have never seen
even so much as the glcam OF the rails
in the distancs, and locomotive would
be to them not less wonder than was
the steam horse 10 the Indians few
years ago Born in those mountains
they have tramped up and down their
sides, cultivated patches of earth and
worked out OF their little farms suff-
cient to live upon. There is little de-
mand for the products of their farms,
and many farmers havo drilted into
illicit whiskey manufacture to utilize
the corn they grow upon the mountain
side The revenue agents have found
them out, broken the stills and prose-
cuted the distilers, but some other
farmer has gone into the business. The
whiskcy is sold for almost anything it
will bring In general it is exchanged
for articles of food or clothing needed,
forit is seldom that money frds its way
into the Ozark mountains -tSs Louis
Post Dispatch
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-02-23
PRICE THREE CENTS.

answered meekly. Perhaps she was
thinking that, If she were Mrs Dwight,
no old friend of hers should go begging
for refuge at an almshouss. Perhaps
she was thinking OF the pretty COM
Portable home waiting for her friend,
and wondering why their fortunes were
so unlike.
"Writo when you reach Plymouth,
and let mo know how you re suited"
said Mrs. Dwight, and just then tho
cars gave lurch and left her behind,
and Miss Becky turned her glance IN
wards. Somebody had taken seat be-
side her.
"Your face is familiar, madam" said
tho occupant of the seat, fine-looking
gentleman, whose dark hair showed
many strcaks If silver. Il am going to
Plymouth, my early home, which have
not seen for twenty years. l am on my
way to look up my old friends"
"Twenty years is loag time" an
swered Becky. I'm afraid you won't
find many of your friends left. You'll
hardly know Plymouth"
Il suppose uot-Isuppose not. Have
you lived there longw
az l have lived there all my days"
Good! I'm hungry for news of tho
people. Tell me everything you can
think Of. Dill Parsoa Amory leave a
fortune7 He was called close. Where's
Miss Nell, married or dcad2 l can see
the old place ia my minds eye, and the
parsonage under the elms, and the Or
chard behind it where Lucy Amory
planted young tree on her wedding
day, aud the gown little B:cky Thorne
wore. By the way, is she alivel Dc
you know herl'
Miss Becky hesitated an instant.
Eyes" she replied. 81 know her
more or less. She's alive
"Aud married? She must be sixty
odd she was pretty creature,
such---I suppose they are wrinkles now.
Where have the years gomez Is hel
homo in the old place still2"
"Her homer said Miss Becky, flush
ing little; "shc has none; she is or
her way to the Old Ladies' home"
ITO tho Old Ladies' home! Becky
Thornc!' he gasped. "And Il
"You seem to have known her pretty
wcllr said Becky, who was beginning
to enjoy the incoguito.
II should think SO. I've loved Becky
Thorne from my cradle; We had sill.
quarrel which parted us; such a trifie
when l look back. Do you ever lool
back, madam
The twilight was falling about them
Bccky's face had grown shade or two
paler all at once; she turned her darl
velvety eyes full upoa him with
startled air.
"You2 said shc. "You must b
Larry Rogers" Then the color swcp
to her check in a crimson wave. 80
you know, l never thought that yo'
had grown old like myself! Don't yor
know mc2 lam Becky Thornc."
Just then the train thundercd througI
the tunnel and they forgot they wer
"sixty odd"
"On the way to the Old L1dic:
home,' she wrote to Mrs. Dwight,
was persuaded to 60 to an oil gentle
| N IN s instead y
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-02-23
Beneath tho Pines.
o sunless deeps Of northern pines!
q brood. snow.laden arms Of fri

o sunless deeps OF northern pines!
o broad, snow-laden arms of fri
Din disles where wolves slip to and fro.
And noiseless wild deer swiftly skirr!
o home of wind songs wild and grand,
As suits thy mighty strains! o harp
On which the north wind lays his handl
walk thy pungent glooms once more
And shout amid thy stormful roar.
A in deep seas haven is found
No wintry tempest stirs, though high
As hills the marching waves upbound
And break in Kissing foam, SO
Walk here secure; though far above
The storm king with his train Of SHOWS
s.s.:ps downward from the bitter North,
Iii shoats hoarse fury as he goes
] laugh in tones of Ginning glee
To see the shaking of his hair,
And hear from out his cloud of beard
His voice imperial sweep the air.
The dark pines lower their lofty crests,
As warriors bow when chieftain grim
Rides by and shouts his stern behests.
And with swift answers echo him.
-[Hamlin Garland
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-02-23
Always Prepared.

"Did you ever have a lady haad you
a leaa quarterf' was asked of car
conductor yesterday.
II have"
"Niceiy dressed, hish-tonei ladies"
Just so. There were several on this
liac who usci to hand me lead
quarters"
"Ani you diln't feel like saying
auythiug to them3,,
There was no need 10. | always
had fcur lead nickles ready 10 return
for change. - IDetroit Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-02-23

A black or blue pencil maTk oppo.
site this paragraph indicates that your
subscription has expired, while red
mark shows that your subscription or
renewal has been received.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-02-23
TIE LONDONDERRY SITTER.

1-Entered at tho Post .of,ce a. South
Londonderry. ~ second .class matter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-02-23
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

Feb 6.-SENATE.-Among the bills re-
ported from committees and placed on the
senate calendar was substitute for the BILL
reported in DecemIer to regulate the Inn
portation of foreign merchandise and to Sc
cure uniformity in the classification and
valuation thereof :. The resolution offered
BY Mr. Manderson some days ago, requiring
the secretary of war to furnish to senators,
on their request, lists of persons to
whom copies of the record of the re-
bellion are to be issued, was taken up.
Mr.. Vest said that every day and hour since
the discussion last week had confirmed him
in the belief as to the uuquestionable waste OF
public money in the way of printing docu.
inents. After further discussion, participated
in by Senators Vest, Manderson, Teller,
Hawley and German, the resolution was
adopted. Mr.. Sawyer was, at his own re-
quest, excused from further service on the
committee on education and labor, and MIR.
Rddleberger was appointed in his stead -.
The senate passed I0S private pension bills,
and then went into executive session.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-02-23

House Speaker Carlisle presided today.
After the transaction of unmportant busi-
ness the house went into committee of the
whole on the urge ut deficiency bill.
On motion of Mr.. Sayres, amendments
were adopted ap2ropriating $4,000 for the
support Of United States prisoners. :. Mr..
O'Neill of Missouri offered an amendment
directing t he public printer to enforce rigidly
the provisions of the eighthour law. -. The
house took a recess until O'Clock, the even
ing session to be for debate on the Pacific
railroad telegraph bill. =. The house met at
o'clock and adjourned at II, after several
speeches had been made on the Pacific rail-
road telegraph bill. The general tone OF the
remarks was strongly in favor of the meas
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-01-05
aAss GETS THERE.
Through his Efforts the School
Teachers Convention Sc
cured for Mexico.

Through the united efforts of
Prof. j. P. Gass, the Moberly
Monitor and the LEDGER, the next
convention of the Northeast Mis-
souri, Teachers Association will
be held in Mexico, commencing on
the Wednesday following Christ
mas, 1888. Three towns besides
Mexico-Kirksville, Chillicothe,
Glasgow-made an effort to Sc.
cure the convention, but as usual,
Mexico was voted for unanimously.
The meeting just closed was an un-
usually interesting one, largely at
tended. Prof. Gass and the Mexi-
co delegation returned last night.
Gass told reporter this morning
that next years convention prom,
ises to be the most successful ever
held, both in attendance and inter.
est. As the session is to last three
days, it will prove big thing fol
the hotels of this city.
The officers of the association are,
president, J. I. Nelson, Kirksville;
secretary, Miss Kate Biggs, Kansas
City; R. R. secretary, DR.. r. D.
Shannon, Louisiana.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-01-05
jealous Husbands Crime.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, December
29.-News of a bloody tragedy was
received from st. Francis, Ark,
yesterday. 1t appears that VIM.
Herrig, wealthy plarter, became
Jealous of his young wife and VIM.
Matthewson, and forbade Matthew
| son to come to the house. Matthew.
son, however, drove to the house
and asked Mrs. Herrig to go driv-
ing with him, which she intended
doing, when Herrig came out with
a shotgun and shot Matthewson
dead, and ordered his wife to drive
| him home. When she returned
home she found the house in flames
and her husband standing at the
door. Seeing her he fired. two
shots, killing her instantly. Mrs
| Herrig was an actress previous te
| her marriage, and belonged to the
i Pauline Markham Company, and
was also with w. Fl. Lytell. Her.
rig escaped, but the officers are or
This track.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-01-05

THE Board of Health of Pitts
burg, Pa, has examined the South
Side water of that city to discover
the cause of the present typhoid
fever epidemic. An ordinary glass
of drinking-water was found to con-
tain 125, 100000 bacteria. These
figures may not be strictly exact,
but they are near enough the truth
to be of scientific value. The con-
slant discovery of microbes, bacilli,
bacteria, etc., in drinking water,
ice, wallpaper and countless other
things is most discouraging. It
seems to grow more and more re-
markable that anybody in this pol
.luted world should live to old age
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-01-05

The survey for the proposed
Chicago, Hannibal and Springfield
railroad from the Monroe county
line to this city passes through
lands owned by VIM. Stuart, whose
farm is on the line between Audrain
and Monroe; Fl. F. Morris, Watson
and Young. Thomas Dugeon, Mrs.
S. A. Cauthorn, J. F. Beagles, M
Pitcher, J. s. Henderson, Thomas
r. Sprigs, Peter Akeman, s. F..
Wright, e. B. Norris, ]. Reese,
Salomon Snooks, J. X. Rogers, Jr.,
w. F. Reed, w. J. Mason and Z,
Cunningham. The line will come
into the city in the vicinity 81
Western avenue. South ofthe city
the new road will pass along The
old grade to Columbia.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1888-01-05
DEAD.
GOV. MARMADUkE'S BRIEF
ILLNESS TERMINATES
FATALLY.
The Fourth Missouri Cover
nor to Die in the
Harness.
SAD SCENES IN THE DEATH
CHAMBER AND ABOUT HET
GUBERNATORIAL MAN
SION THURSDAY.
Interesting Notes.-The Governors
Life-The Remains Inferred
at Jefferson City.

JEFFERSON CITY, December 90
Governor John S. Marmaduke is
dead. He breathed his last at
9:37 p. m. Wednesday. The sudden
illness of the Governor, who was
stricken with pneumonia on Mon
day, and the knowledge on Tues
day that his sickness was serious,
was sorrowfully received, and when
Wednesday afternoon it was given