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The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18

shape the giants of the Alpine range. Lying on the warm leads with half closed eyes, I heard footsteps ap- preaching, and presently . familiar. long legged form passed in front of me. and leaned over the parapet bare headed, absorbed in meditation. got up and laid my hand on his shoulder. He turned round with a start, and greeted me with miserable smile.
 "How is it you are here. of all places in the worldf" demanded. "Where Is Luisi?" It must have been decreed in the book of our destinies that should invariably ask Ather- stone the most unfortunate questions.
 He drew me to the parapet and pointed out little campanile rising from the fields mile or two beyond the town. al laid him there" he said, "this afternoon, beside his father and mother. Do you see that clump of trees2 About one hundred yards to the right is the spot, which ought to have been my death- place, where his father fell. It is all over now, Hol- brook there is nothing moro left for me to live for. Pray heaven the end may come soonln
 "The end" I cried. "Don't talk like that, Atherstone: it is weak, un- manly you have no right. The end, indeedl Why man, this is but the beginning iof newer. happier life !'
 "Too latei too latel" he groaned, and suddenly 1 turned to see his shoulders vanishing down the wind- ing stairs.
 never saw Atherstone sgain, hut a few months afterwards his death was reported from some remote corner of the Sudan, whither he had gone to help in expressing the slave trade, and had died of fever. And so that eager, self-tormenting spirit was at rest at last. Peace be with his ashes l = The Argosy.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18
Flaws in Heredity.
Karpcr's Drawer.

It seems to be easier in this word to inherit bad qualities and traits than good, but both sorts make such leaps and jumps, and are so inclined to go off on collateral lines, that the success sion is difficult to calculate, The race Is linked together in a curious tangle, so that it is almost impossible to fl the responsibility. Defects or vices or virtues will not always go in a straight line. The children of deaf mutes, for example, are not apt to be deaf mutes, but the cousins of those children may be deaf mutes, showing, 1t is said, that some remote ancestor of both had some mental or physical de- feet which has been transmitted to his posterity, though not in the form in which he was afflicted. In most cases we cannot do anything about it; the older our civilization becomes the more complicated and intricate are our relations, so that 1t has already become a dangerous business to be human being after all. It Is not al- ways certain that If a man eats sour grapes his children's teeth will be set on edge, but the effect of the sour- grape diet may skip generation or two, or appear in a collateral line. We try to study this problem in our asylums and prisons, and we get a great many interesting facts, bu. they are too conflicting to guide legisla- tion. The difficulty is to relieve 6 person of responsibility for the sins of his ancestors without relieving him of responsibility for his own sins.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18
A General Tie-Up

of all the means of public conveyance in large city, even for few hours, during a strike Of the employees, means general paraly yzing of trade and in. dustry for the time being, and is attended with an enormous aggre- gate loss to the community. How much more serious to the individ- ual is the general tie-up of his system, known as constipation, and due to the strike of the most im- portant organs for more prudent treatment and better care. If too long neglected, a torpid or sluggish liver will produce serious forms Of kidney and liver diseases, malarial trouble and chronic dyspepsia. Dr. Pierce's Pleas ant Purgative Pellets are 6 preventive and cure of these disorders. They are prompt, sure and effective, pleasant to take, and positively harmless.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18
TWO OLD CAT.
pY srANlar wArRaioo

Oh. yss, I saw sAs playsrs and sAslr PArti And sSs -sspsslas Ana sA. .anp,rs" and sA. TAsy are moasra issovsticas that noted a. Aiof1 with you, Is wOa't compare witA
 0ld You remember Aew ws played it. Jim. wAss And upon tho fArm tSsssAsrs Why AAs poe, never sang Of sAs game of lane and roaawayr what oan now compare wlth thAtp Thers is lifs,hlo d in the memory of
 old
 CAt, When the odors of the Aaying sweet and And sTSSs were S.=.ss s.. away and nature. When the corn wss waving sof,iy. then ,As rsi, Ai. sS pai:s nAsd sSrsll Hf; is tn. rtv.lrya
 old
 OAti Our bats were fAshionsd out of pine. and any Our haIl of ysrn wound tisatiy rssna piece And covered e'er with wcodchuck sAin, and, oh. JehoshA phAtt How we dtd welt the whiasiAg thing In
 Two
 old
 CAti I'm in fayer of Improvements. but the style of hall to-day seems to lack the heaithful features of the good old fashtoned way It's too complicated for me. and the game thoae men were at Want n marker tH oazs psrssaa with
 Two
 Old
 Cati
 --CAicaoo AatL
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18
Vigof and. Vitality

Are quickly given to every part of the body by Hoods Sarsapsrilla. That tired feeling Is entirely overcome. The blood is purified, enriched, and vital ized, and carries health instead of dis ease to every organ. The stomach ia toned and strengthened, the appetite restored. The kidneys and liver are reused and invigorsted. The brain ia refreshed, the mind made clear and ready for work. Try It.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18

In the intelligence office: "You want a servant girl?"
 "Yes, sir, colored one."
 "Why 6 colored one?"
 "Because we are in mourning. ."- RosfCn Courier.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18
DKSPEPSH

Causes its victims to be miserable, hopslsss, confused, and dspfesssd in iniDa, very lrsita- bic. languid, and drowsy. It is . diseass which does not get well c, itself. h requires careful, persistent sttention. and remedy 10 throw ofS tbs causes and tone up ths diRss- i've organs tiii they perform thslE dniisa willingly. Haods ssrsapasiiIa has prevsn just the required remedy In hsndFeaa ot eases.
 "i have taken Hoods s=ssaparilia for dys- pspsia, from which have suffered two years. tried many other medicines. but nope proved % satisfactory as Hoods ssrsapaniia." THOMAS CooK. Brush Electric Light Co., New York City.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18

The man who buys . cheap watch generally gets good deal of time for . very little mOney.-Somerrille Jouy- nal.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18
The Bottom Of the Sea

yields no pearl that can exceed in beauty teeth whiteDed and cleansed with that iDcompaTable dentifrice, the fragrant SOZODONT. Nor is coral rosier than the gums in which such teeth are set. So ay the ladies, who are the best judges in such matters.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18

Engagements, like politics, are run by rings.-BEvlfngson Free Pyess.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18

To gather pearls from oceap's vases Divers 90 down iR dive places; But 4t our mouths of streams and uays, No pes ris do Asian swimmers raise Like those m benuty's mouth teat shine, Made by the S0ZODONf [ divine.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18

"SPALDMs's GLUE" repairs every. thing but personal injuries.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18
Sick Headache

"por the past two years havs besf afflicted with severe hsaAaebes aud dyspep sla. 1 was indaeed to try Hoods sassaps fsiiA. ssa hays found great relief. iei'ess- fully rseomisesd t to aH" Mas. F. E AssAsLE. New Hasea, Conn.
 Mrs. Mary c. Smith. caIsbrtdsepors. Mass. was . sufferer fsom dyspepsia and sick bead ache. shs took Hoods Bafsapafilis a;as1 found t tise Lest resDsdy she syer used.
 Hoods SarsaparIlIa g.ssd by ali druzyisss. si ssz foT es. Mzds oniy bY C. l. HOOD X O., Lowell, Mas
 100 Doses One Dollar.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18

cs,dsss Cry sos Pisshss's csssssia.
 --A6e-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18

most sympathetic and beautiful voice I ever heard, and sang with . power and expression that must have been purely instinctive, seeing that the words on his lips probably conveyed little or no meaning to him. There was something akin to pain in hearing that wonderful voice ring cut an old Italian song of triumph, Carissimi's "Vittoria," just as his father had done before him many and many . time.
 During the autumn recess I heard no moro of Atherstone and his charge. Just before parliament met in the fol- lowing February I aw that his seat was again vacant. He wrote to me from Cannes to Ay that Luigi had been dapgerously i'll and was ordered to spend the winter in the south of France. % that he had been forced to apply for the Chiltern Hundreds.
 Several months afterwards . vari- ety of circumstances led me to Italy, and it came to pas that one sunny evening lay baking on the roof of Milan cathedral among the intricate lace work of the decorations, looking down upon the fertile, peaceful Lom- bard plain. In . sort of torpid, sun- baked fashion, tried to picture the terrible scenes whose memory seemed to have passed like the battle moke from the landfcape. Far away, yelled in golden mists, loomed in shadowy
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18

shock was the finishing blow. After & few days raving and tossing, she, too, was at rest.
 "The child had been lying ct deaths door with brain fever, but the doctor had that morning declared that he would recover, though he hinted darkly at possible lifelong conse- quences of that fatal day.
 .When Inchkeith had finished his story, I suddenly found myself lying on the floor, with him forcing wine or something between my teeth. ] dared not even think. The horrible thought of the i'll which I had wrought unkDowingly lay in the back of my mind like savage beast wait ing for the moment to spring and catch me in its fangs. I went to take up my post by Luigi's bedside- l have never left him since for more than few hoIra It is nearly seven or eight years now since then.
 "As went up- stairs, I saw . door open and . dArkened room. Some mysterious attraction drew my feluc- tant feet across the threshold toJa bed, draped in white and covered with flowers, which stood in one corner. Still impelled by that irresistible inn pulse, drew near and looked ct . face which I dreaded to see again. There stood-the involuntary murderer-and looked at my victim. Remorse, de-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15
The Rule of Thumb.

When during tho late war story
was toll ola contractors wife being
ssen with a big diamond ring upon her
thumb, II was thought to DO malic-
ious invention OF tho enemy, few pco-
pie knowing that three hundred years
ago II was the fashioa to wear ring
upon tho thumb. Several of Queen
Elizabeth 8 rings that are still extant
and well identified arc so large that
there can be no doubt that they were
thumb rings. 1t was at about tho same
era, the custom, indeed, not Only to
wear ring upon he thumb, but to wear
the wedding-ring there. Tho customs
in relation to wedding rings have, how.
ever, always bcen as strange as count
less ever since there have been wedding
rings at all. Mary Stuart was married
to Lord Darnlcy with four rings,
one not being sufficient. Twelve wed
ding-rings were not considered an cx-
travagant number among the early
French mobiles. The Greek church still
uses two in its ceremonial, and in some
parts of the peninsula three rings are
used, each beng put on with an adjura-
ton TO separate member Of the Trinity.
We do net know that this Is any moro
singular than practice prevalent any
where among ourselves for woman
who has been twice married to wear
tho wedding rings of both husbands,
quite regardless of tho possibility of
the first husbands apparitional return
to claim her by means of tho sign manu-.
al which no had once placed on hei
finger, and by which he might still
hold her as bound to himself. - Har-
per's Bazaar,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15
Why the Women Flock to Europe.

1t is estimated that 80, 900 American
women were in Europe last summer and
autumn. Twenty thousand American
men went along with the majority to
pay their expenses, and those who were
not with this majority left hus bands and
fathers at home to keep them supplied
with funds. They went everywhere
the women--exccpt to Spain and Russia.
A few even penetrated these countries.
But they didn't affect them much. There
was so little chance to shop there. They
tarried in London, Paris, Venice, Berlin,
and they shopped continuously. When
they went to any other place where
there was a chance to shop they set
themselves at work buying things.
Sightseeing was of secondary impor.
ance; it was even overlooked in tho
pursuit of this fascinating pastimc. One
ingenious Chicago woman fingered in
the European capitals until after the
holidays. She landed upon the soil oil
her own country in novel costume fol-
winter weather. Every article except
her boots was OF the costliest lace. "Il
it hadn't been so cold I'd had those OF
lace too" she declared to her friends.
As she personally wore it the customs
regulations couldn't take it from her.
The value of the material in which she
was drapcd was $4,000.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15
A Lucky Man.

perhaps the luckicst man in the
world is Lord Dufferin, who is soon to
come back from India, where he has
been playing King as tho Viceroy of
300, 900, 900 people. 1t is not known
exactly whether Dufferin wanted to
come back or had to, but it is certain"
the New York Sun says, she is to be
made happy if possible. He has had
the most comfortable berths in the gift
of the government, eliminating in that
which he has just abandoned, and for
which he received e37, 900 a year. in
Guiding allowances. He is now to be
sent as ambassador to Rome, in order
to become entitled to the pension which
he would not get as Viceroy, and the
British government is cudgelling its
brains to find new honor for him. He
will have the Grand Cross of the Bath,
only that is considered hardly
big enough. He has every
other order except the Thistle
and the Garter. The former he is not
entitled to, and the latter is not in the
gift of the prime minister. His earl
dom will be turned to a marquisate,
and then the noble Lord will not lack
titles. He will be Marquis, Earl, Wis.,
count, Baron, Baronet, Lord Lieu
tenant, an F. r. S., D. G. G., LII. D.,
&o
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15
IN A MEXICAN DUNGEON.
SEVERAL AMERICAN Off
GALS THRUST INTO PRISON
While Pursuing steins Train Rob
bers-Peopie of the border In ~
Hluxe of Excitement.

while Pursuing stein's Train Rob-
brrs-Peopie of the norder In "
Islaxe of Excitement.
A dispatch from Tucson, Ari,, says, Word
has Just been received here that posse pur-
suing STEMS passenger train robbers are in
a Mexican dungeon at Janos. Tho party are
w. X. Meade, United States marshall; @. A.
Shibell, under sheriff of Pima county; win
Smith, deputy United States marshal, and
two Indian trailers, They trailed the rob-
bers 400 miles into Mexico, and while in hot
pursuit on tho 9th wers arrested. Their
property was taken from them, and they
were incarcerated at Janos. The superin-
tendent of tho Corlitos MEMS recog-
nized them, and offered bail to
any amount, but the authorities refused
bail. Communication with friends is pro-
hibted. Janos is the same place where a
plot was put up which massacred Capt.
Crawford while in pursuit of tho Apaches,
and where Lieut.. Mcdonald was arrested
with whole United States troop the same
year. 1t was always a marked place for
Cochise, Victoria and Geronimo, the bloody
Apache chiefs, and thoir cut threats, and is
now the meeting place of Mexican bandits.
The people ofthe border are in a blaze of
excitement ovor the present arrests. Judge
Barnes of the supreme court has notified tho
Washington authorities of the arrests, and
instructions from the president arc avail ted.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15
TRAIN JUMPED THE TRACK.
Serious Accident On the Erie Rail-
road at SciO, N. n.

TOhu SChOs
Train on the Erie railroad jumped the
track at Scio, N. Y, few days ago, and
the accident caused the death of one passen-
ger and the injury of IL others. Four of the
latter may die. The accident occurred oppo-
site a brick water tank near Scio depot. A
bad joint derailed the locomotive, but
the baggage car, smoker and day
coach chung to the rails. The two
sleepers on the rear end jumped
from the track and were completely wrecked.
The first of these plunged into the depot
platform and tore its way through the
planks the entire length of the depot. The
second sleeper shot violently against the
corner of the brick water tank, tearing it
completely away. A wooden water tank
west of the depot was struck and knocked
off its foundation. The sleepers were
reduced to kindling wood, and
freight car standing on a
side track was also wrecked by a
coach striking the brick structure. The
locomotive and three coaches ran quarter
of mile before stopping. Under the debris
was found the bruised and bleeding form of
Mrs. j. K. Bremen of Louisville, KY. She
was placed under treatment by physicians,
but soon died. Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Mccain
of No. ID West Twentieth street, New York,
were probably fatally hurt. L. Howe of No.
81 Chauncy street, Boston, was hurt inter.
nally, and Louis Weiss of Yazoo, Miss, had
his legs crushed and was injured internally.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15
Maple Sugar Crop Prospect.

The present warm weather suggests the
annual maple sugar making of Vermont and
inquiry shows so great depth of snow in
it will seriously affect this years product. In
the south half of the state the snow averages
nearly three feet. In the year 1880 there was
about an average product, and the census
showed 1925, sos pounds made that year, in
the past SO years the product has about
doubled, and, in the same proportion, the
present average must be about 100000
pounds, yielding Vermont farmers 81, 500, 900
annually, an average of $40 per farm. Last
season there was less than half the average
yield, owing to the backwardness of the
spring.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15
PosToFFICE DEPARTMENT, |
WASHINGTON. ID. c.. March 3. 1888.

Gentlemen: am directed by the postmas-
ter-general to acknowledge your communion
ton of the lst insG., calling attention to the
and Boston, and to say that the department
will open negotiations with the railroad COM
panies within a very short time and see if
such arrangements cannot be made as will
meet the wishes of your honorable body.
Very respectfully, T. E. NASH,
General Superintendent.
Messrs. William T. Smith, president, George
Wilson, secretary, chamber of commerce,
New York.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15
Longevity of Birds.

Among the 'fowls of the air'' arc
three, the eagle, swan and raven, which
I've to the age of 100 years or more.
The paroquet and heron attain the
goodly age of sixty years. The spar
rowhawk, duck and pelican may live to
be forty, while the peacock and linnet
reach the quarter century, and the
canary twenty-four years.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15
Trial of Sheriff Stevenson for Killing
aShOrtyr the TramU,

Stevenson, deputy sheriff of Clinton, for the
murder of Frank Conlan of Providence, R.
l., otherwise known as Shorty, the tramp,
commenced in the supreme court room here
today. County Attorney Appleton appears
for the state, and Col Jasper Hutchings for
Stevenson. The trial will be very short, as
there are but few witnesses Stevenson
claims that he did the act in self-defence,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15
FnIGHTFUL CATAsTROPHEs
Thousands of Lives Lost by Earth.
Quakes in China.

quakcs in China.
The Hong Kong Mail, gives description
of the earthquake in the province of Yum
Nan, Dec. Is, and is indicative of. frightful
mortality. The Mail says: In the interior
department of Ching Chan the disturbances,
were extremely violent, being continued at
irregular intervals for four days, when they
ceased entirely. The departmental city
is said to have been reduced to a
mass Of ruins, scarcely house escaping
damage, and over 5000 persons are reported
to have been killed by falling buildings.
Many of them were buried under the ruins,
while the number of injured is too large for
computation. Yun-Nan was destroyed. At
the perfectural city of Lamen the effects of
the earthquake were scarcely less disastrous.
At this place, when the shock was being felt,
an enormous chasm opened in the earth and
water was thrown out from its depths. AT
Lo Chan, in Cheren, striking change. has
been caused in the appearance of the
country, large tracts of land being swallowed
up and the surface changed into lake. In
Lo Chan more than IL, 900 persons are said to
have persisted.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15
MET BY KING HIUsIBERT.
The Two SOvcreigns Affectionatcly
Embrace.

King Humbert travelled from Rome to San
Pier d'Arena to meet Emperor Frederick.
When the train reached the station King
Humbert entered the coach occupied by the
emperor and embraced him. The scene at the
meeting was touching one. The emperor
was voiceless, owing to his disease, but he
wrote many notes, i'll one of which he
thanked the Italian parliament for the honor
and respect it bad pad his father and him.
self. Empress Victoria translated to King
Humbert the signs made by the emperor and
conversed with the king in French. The EN-.
peror was suffering from fatigue but other
wise he was in normal condition. His throat
was closely muffed, and he wore a hooded
cap and heavy surtout. The silent parting
between the two rulers was affecting. King
Humbert's suite were impressed with the
emperor's comparative robustness.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15
Lehigh Valley Coal Miners to Return
to Work i'm "a Few Days.

Hugh McGarvey, master workman, and
John j. Meighan, secretary of district as.
sembly 81, K. L., have declared the miners
strike in the Lehigh region Off and in few
days every colliery will be at work. Dis
trict assembly 81 will send out appeals for
aid for the needy people of the region, and
will become responsible for all debts incurred
by relief committees during tho strike. The
business men and the community at large are
highly elated over a general resumption.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15
Hit His Foot.

Joe.-How dill young Jones happen
to get shot2
Eli.---You sec, he held penny be-
tween his fingers for one of these west.
crn fellows to shoot at.
Jce. And he got his hand shot off
Eli. No; he got hit in the lett foot.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15
Satisfaction Demanded 10y the United
States.

The United States war ship Enterprise,
mounting six guns, has arrived at Tangier.
The captain demands the immediate release
of the Moor who is under American protec-
ton, and who is imprisoned at Rabat. He
also demands satisfaction from the Moorish
government for the mans illegal arrest.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15

Esther s. Damon, aged rs, Plymouth; Lucy
Morse, aged IS, Barnard, and Polly Richard
son, aged s., Bethel, are three Vermont wild.
ows of Revolutionary soldiers and draw pen
sions.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15
N EUR AL GA.

Nerves..-Evcryonc of the tl.rcad-like nerves
has each latent power to cause excruciat.
ing pain, the limit of which is simply the
limit of human endurance, and NEURALGIA
has few of these fbroua torrents all pulls.
irg painfully at once.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-03-15

Remarked to friend the other day that she
knew Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and
Lungs was superior remedy, as it stopped her
cough instantly when other remedies had no
effect whatever. So to prove this and con-
vince you Of its merit, any druggist will give
you a Sample Bottle Free. Largo bottles 30
ceGts and 81.