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LANDS. PATENTS. PENSIONS.
HORACE l.. STILES. Au.y at Law,

Formerly Of No s Sd " J. Md'podeI Boz q, ~ yHie.
9Th Corps Eight pefelce in Lad oad Pension B.eauS.
PENSIONS GRANTED
U.
never rfedaree 0
Of nearly every
is entitled t "a 6.
Thon OF so ol
entil Pen different disability
will recev a
Correspondence soiae1 Address HORACE l.. STILES,
Washington, d. G.
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DEATHS.

In So. Londonderry, Dec. 8, Lar
kin Smith, aged 75 years, 6 months,
25 days.
In Northfeld, Mass, Dec. 3, at
his daughters, Mrs. 0. S. Davis,
Chas. R. Slate, aged II years, l
month and 23 days.
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Sitter John. Editor.

THURSDAY EVE, DEC. IL, 1889
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12

Eternally opposed TO all rings. c'ip"es'
clans and factiOns--The Peoples organ.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12

Mayor Hart of Boston was re-elec-
ted on Tuesday by 5000 plurality.
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TIL E.
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TIL f

HENRY NJ. SHANKs, PuBLlsnER.
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Let Winchester be appointed
Faithful services should be reward
ed
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Scientific Notes.

The boring for oil in the United States is
not ALWAYS successful-fOr instance,
boring at Southbury, Conn, has lately
been abandoned after 200 feet had been
explored and $4,000 lost in the under
taking.
Machinery has been patented for the
purpose of making ship boats from SIN
gle Sheet Of steel They will be OF various
dimensions. II is obvious that there must
be great economy in this mode OF making
boats IN assorted sizes.
Hitherto Alaska mines have produced
gold only TO a considerable extent. Quite
recently silver has been discovered at.
Holkham bay, tine rock producing 900
ounces to the ton, with II 10 IS per cent.
copper. There is quite rush TO this spot.
The new cartridge recently tried at Vim
cennes, France, has given surprising re-
suits. The metal cartridge IS dispensed
with, and II can thus be adapted instantly
70 all military rifles. 1t is also smokeless,
does not clog the barrel, AMI will cost 10
per cent. less than the ordinary cartridge.
The Russian Government has offered a
prize Of 5000 roubles ($2, 500 for the best
inquiry into the nature and effects OF the
poison which develops in cured fish. The
competition is open TO all, and the me-
mOirS must % sent IL W january i, 1870
in the Russian, Latin, French, English, or
German language.
In one respect the Paris Exhibition ex-
GELS all Others, for there has never been
collected together so fine display Of cleo
trical mechanism Of every conceivable
kind. There is al present an unparalleled
impulse in Europe towards electrical enei-
neering and the desire TO extend the use Of
electricity TO all branches Of manufac-
tureA
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Cost of Government kilograms.
rRv teleerArh 10 the Dispatch


WASHINGTON. d. c., July 13.-Ihe Post
master-General gives out the following
concerning the report that he had made
an order reducing the rate on Government
Veterans from one cent to one mill per
word. lie saws that he had suggested this
rate, and notified the telegraph companies
10 this effect. To some Of the companies
Directing 10 this rate he had written let
ter which stated among other things;
desire to say that the rate proposed was
fixed upon information furnished to tins
department that your company has been
making rates to various large corporations
that are in some instances as low as the
figure now proposed for Government ser
vice. With notice Of this fact would not
be justified in making for the Government
"A new contract at higher rates than were
charged other patrons, especially so IN
view of the privileges and benefits extend
ed TO your company 10y acts OF Congress.
/ submit to your own sense OF night that
the Government. under existing conditions,
is entitled TO minimum rates"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-14

Soon after the death of Ignstius over one
hundred Christians we're shot down Win
arrows. The tortures and torments 70
which all these martyrs were suolecten
will not bear recording. The build
ing was begun under Vespasian IN
the year ~. IL is said to have en-
ployed Il. 600 captive Jews, and TO have
cost, in the outer walls alone, nearly. q mil
lion of money. IL consisted of four
stories-the first Doric, the second Ionic,
the third and fourth Corinthian. The
circumference was 1000 feet, the length OF
the ellipse 600 feet. the width 525 feet, the
height leo feet. AZ the dedication OF the
building 5000 wild beasts we're killed IN
the arena. The gladiatorial combats
gradually became so savage, unre-
strained, and frequent that at length their
numbers had to be limited. Even women
are said to have taken part in them. 10y
law passed not more than sixty couples
Of gladiators were allowed to fight at one
time. The length of the arena was z7S
feet. the width III. The superficial area
of the building was six acres. 1t was
therefore of unrivalled magnitude, ana
one gazes upon il to-day with strange emo
tions IF awe and wonder. The last re-
corded exhibition is that of a bull-hglht
given BY the Roman mobiles in 1882, but the
gladiatorial combats were put an end to at
the beginning of the fifth century.
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LONGEVITY.
The Subject Scientifically Considered
Some Examples.
fEn-fnlnhf1v Unrlan
fFortnighily 9eviewJ

DR.. Humphry. professor Of surgery at
Cambridge, obtained in 1886 particulars re-
lating 20 ffty-two individuals then living
and said to be one hundred years old and
upward. The oldest among them claimed
20 be one hundred and eight, the next one
hundred and six. while the everage
amounted to a little more than one hun
dred and two years. A short account of
the experience of few lie assurance
companies will conclude this part Of my
subject. Mr.. Thoms tell us that down TO
1872 the records of the companies showed
that one death among the insured had Oc-
CURED at one hundred and three, one in
the hundredth, and three in the ninety
ninth year. The experience of the M
tiOnal Debt Office, according 10 the same
authority, gave two cases in which the evil
dence could he regarded az perfect One
of these died in the one hundred and Sc
c0nd year, and the other had Just com
pleted that number. In the tables pub
lishcd by the Institute Of Actuaries, and
giving the mortality experience down 10
1863 of twenty life-insurance companies,
the highest age at death is recorded as
ninety-nIne, and am informed by the Sc
cretary of the Edinburgh Life Office that
from 1863 onward that age had not been
exceeded in his experience. In the valua-
ton schedules, which show the highest
sges of existing lives in various Offices the
ages ranged from ninety-twO TO ninety
FIVE. IL IS true that one Office which has a
large business among the industrial classes
reports lives at one hundred and three,
and in one instance at one hundred and
seven: but it must be remembered that
among those classes the ages are not
nearly so we'll authenticated as among
those who insure for substantial sums.
There *, moreover. another source of
error connected with the valuation sche-
dulles. When given life is not consi~ered
to be equal 20 the average "A certain mum
her Of years is added 10 the age, and the
premium is charged at the age which re-
suits from this addition. 1t follows. thsre
fore that in some cases the ages gwen IN
the schedules are greater by some years
than they really are. Taking into cOnsidera-
ton the facts thus rapidly passed under
review, it must. think, be admitted that
the natural limit Of human existence
IS that assigned 10 it IN the Book of Eccle-
siastscus: THE number of n mans days at
the most are an hundred years Chapter
xviii. 81 In very small number of cases
this limit is exceeded, but only 10y very
few years Mr. ThOmas's Investigations
conclusively show that trust worthy evil
dence Of one hundred and ten years having
been reached is altogether absent.
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hands. Secondly, there IA the possibility
that the land of Ophir may be rich enouch
in gold Ca pay for the cost of administer
xR the. country from BechuanaIand TO
~aganyika. The reports 10 hand az 10 the
wealth Of the alluy,l gold deposits IN
Masnonaland arc almost fabulous. were IL
not that the experience Of the Diamond
fteidS and tho Transvaal has taught Us
70 believe. anything is possible in M
known Africa 1t Is therefore not impossi-
Die That the money may be forthcoming.
~ so, the second question that arises Is,
Who Is to have the handling of itl In other
words. who are TO be the men TO whom we
have to delegate the duty Of pioneering for
the empireY Here. again. If oil that we
arc told Is true. there viii be no difficulty
IN producing q board strong enough TO
command the confidence Of the public both
here and in South Africa. IL this be so.
and it be quite clear that the Government
refuses absolutely TO find the money or to
take the responsibility for doing the work
themselves. then we have only TO say to
the chartered adventurous, Gro ahead
But tho Government has grave response
biltics in this matter. II must first and
foremost. cease webbing about the claims
Of Portugal. If Lord Salisbury pleases he
can make an equitable arrangement with
the Portuguese if be makes IL at once.
without any more shilly-shallying and
shutting. Secondly. the Government must
face and define IFS responsibilities in Be-
chuAnaland. and thirdly, it must draw up
the coalitions on which the charter might
be granted. But one thing the Govern
ment cannot do. 1t cannot fool round any
longer indecisively. Now that the scheme
IS out II must act. and act at once. Delay
NAV be fatal
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Dots.

A real estate dealer of Chicago hit upon
a novel way to advertise his business and
TO celebrate the national holiday. July
4th he held jubilee on his allotment and
fred into the air a sky-rocket 10 which was
attached a qult-claim deed for lot. The
man who found the deed gets the lot.
It is to be presumed that London paper
has made its computation with accuracy
when he says that all the people now living
IN the world, or about 400 900. 000 could
find standing-room within the Limits of a
field ten miles square, and, by the aid or a
telephone, could be addressed by "a single
speaker.
A large building going up in Atlanta IS
attracting considerable attention because
of several inscriptions Oh its walls. This
is the House that Jack Built stands out
in bold relief near the top OF the structure.
At the second story is the sentence u.
\. Smiths Building Commenced 100
Years After the Inauguration OF George
Washington as First President of the
United States" third inscription, cut
in stone az the top of the first story, reacs:
Paul says. Owe No Man; Let Poster.ty
Take His Advice"
The congregation Of Trinity church, Buf-
falo. y. Y, has been quite disturbed re-
Gently by the fainting of choir boys during
the service Within the last two months
not less than three Of the younger singers
have become unconscious and been carried
TO the vestry-roOm. Naturally the parents
of the BOYS have become alarmed and fear
there is some local reason for the trouble.
The ventilation of the chancel has been
severely criticised, and, in fat, the archi-
tect has been strongly condemned for
neglecting 10 attend 10 this defect in the
main body of the church. Acting under in
structions, the trustees lately arranged for
letting fresh air into the chancel, and
thought thus 10 remedy the trouble. Yet
the boys have continued TO faint, and the
authorities are at loss what to do. Seye-
raj parents have gone so far as to say that
their children shall not sing there, and the
choir il likely 10 be seriously affected il
these threats are carried out. While il Is
alarming in one sense TO have child lose
consciousness, il is not an unnatural ex-
perience with young boys who sing. The
best authorities on the voice and its treat
ment say that there is NO danger in it.
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Religious Notes.

Saws the TndeDend,m: If one, in reading
the Bible. desire 10 derive therefrom the
highest degree Of spiritual profit he should
regard it as the Word of God just as really
as if he heard the words supernaturally adj
dressed to him from Heaven in audible
sounds. This state Of mind will give to
Bible words their proper power IN the mind
and heart.
"The hoped-for union Of the Presbyte-
rian and Congregational Churches IN Japan
has at least been indefinitely postponed.
The hitch.r saws the United Priest yeridn,
" is not between the missionaries, but the
native Christians, and is due especially to
the disposition of younger members or the
Congregational churches to urge ultra
views of the pOlity Of their denomination.
A manuscript copy Of the gospels, for
which the price of $4,000 has been re-
fused. and the proper place Tor which -
certainly with the shadow Of York Min
ster, is about TO come under the hammer in
London. 1t is the splendid Eyangela-
rium.n written in letters Of gold on purple
vellum, which was produced by an Anglo
Saxon scribe for Archbishop Wilfrid, Of
York, about the year go.
"As 10 the Holy Fathers leaving
Rome" SAYS the Catholic Standard, I'VE at
cause him to take such a step but the out
break of war in Europe. In that case it is
almost certain that the present secular
rulers of Italy, misled by insane ambition,
would eagerly plunge Italy into the
bloody vortex. Should that occur there
might and probably would be such a COM
bination of circumstances az would cause
the Holy Father TO seek a refuge in some
other country. But as long as peace con-
tinues we think it highly probable that
his Holiness, Notwithstanding the insults
and outrages TO which he is subjected
will continue in Rome"
The Unted Presbyterian says: Many books
are being published bearing on the subject
of marriage and divorce. They all try to
tell why marriage appears TO be so unsatis-
factory-in other words, why there are so
many divorces. And yet their readers will
have difficulty with their conclusions. IL
is true that the "broadened sphere Of
women has something 10 do with it, and
the want of domestic training, social dlssi-
patton, ETC., but, taking all this into ac-
count, is there not a cause lying deeper
aad one that will require radical measures
TO cure Is it not that marriage is per-
mitted to lose something of its sacredness
because it is separated from religious in
fuences? Let God have more acknow-
ledgment and there will be less disaster.
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of the salon were arranged quantities of
beautiful undergarments. all Of which are
of Russian manufacture. These simply
pass description, the mere initials being so
beautifully embroidered as TO be q
work of art in themselves. They were
all made of the finest lawn. and
heavily trimmed with lovely. Valen-
ciennes-in fact, nothing could be more
beautiful or more dainty. and OF every
thing there were dozen dozen, even TO
the dressing ackets--all being ornamented
with beautiful insertions of the lace and
dainty butterfly knots Of various colored
ribbons. Close by we're exquisite baskets
lined with pale satin and laces. always Va
lenciennes, TO hold these pretty gar
ments.
A large square table alone was required
to hold the alm0st-endless varieties OF
dainty silk stockings these were OF all
hues and patterns. some extra-beautiful
ones being embroidered in gold, Others in
silver. others in pearl, while some pairs
had beautiful insertions of lace worked IN
over the instep.
On another table were placed the shoes
and gloves, both being in endless protu-
sion and variety; but among all the dainty
satins and kids of all forms noticed some
pairs Of strong high boots, with two soles
together. quite an inch thick. made on the
pattern Ot luONt lut IshiDitNr ANAH'il ~
WAYS wears at Gatschina OF Peterhof, or
any other of the summer palaces, for walk
ing.
The gloves were of all lengths, and
principally kid. many of the shorter ones
being of a rich. deep tan color.
The fans and handkerchiefs, too, were
all most lovely: in some long boxes close
by these tied with white satin ribbons were
ladies' corsets; the one we CHANGED 20 open
being of white satin, heavily trimmed with
Valenciennes lace.
Justas we were leaving once fthe gorgeous
court lackeys strobe up and said in tone
of dignified reproOf
But you have not seen the robe de cham
bre of His Royal Highness the Grand
Duke"
We were rather puzzled TO account for
this article of use in the trOuSSedu of the
bride Princess, but Of course we turned
back and followed the lackey, who opened
a long box, removing various wrappings OF
fine tissue-paper, at length displaying a
heavy dressing-gown of the same material
as the wedding dress of the Princess-that
is, cloth of silver. only not embroidered.
and with long silver ropes and tassels at
the waist and throat. and pair of slippers
of the same costly material TO match.
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Mans WiIl-I'o or.
Nav York TriDuur-1

Three stories were told over after-dinner
cigars the other day, showing the power of
mans will. One was young officer ~ the
English army, who was peculiarly stubborn
and irascible He had been confined 10 his
bed after a severe attack of the heart. and
was unable to move. His physician asked
one of his fellow-officers 10 warn him that
he would never get out of bed again, that
he might arrange his affairs before death.
When the sick man was told what the doc
tor had said. he arose in bed eXcltedly and
said IL Will never get mp again, ell / vii!
walk TO the doctor myself and show him"
He Jumped to the floor. walked across the
room, and fell dead. The other was about
a sheriff out West who when arrestlng u
man was stabbed through the heart. He
seized the man by the shoulders after the
blade had struck him, pressed him TO the
ground. drew his revolver, and deliberately
thrusting il down the struggling prisoners
throat pulled the trigger at the instant he
himself died. The third story was regard
inc another officer who was hunting down
a thief. The man thought he had given
his pursucr the slip. but Just as he entered
one door of a railroad car the officer APP
peared in the other. The thief instantly
fred. the bullet penetrating his pursuer's
brain The officer. however, returned the
shot. bringing his man 10 the ground. lie
then dragged himself along the aisle Of the
car. firing rs he crawled, until his revolver
was empty. He was dead when he was
picked up second after he ceased to
ohAnf
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Fighting Women.
iFcrtnichtly.i

Tn warlike times. when battle was the
business Of life and victory over Toe the
highest honor that could be had, when
home in the true sense there was none,
and when castles were less houses for plea
SAINT living than strongholds TO shelter
raiders and resist assault, women were
as heroic as their age. If they were not as
accurate in their aim "a the arehers OK
whom it was said every English bow
man "bore under his girdle twenty
four Scots" they knew how to man the
ramparts and defend the bridges as well
as their lords themselves. Womanliness IN
the bower, dignity in the ball, courage
in the castle-that was the whole duty OF
these noble women of q rude but manly
age, and TO their example, their influence
and their shaping power as mothers Eng
land owes much of her greatness and half
of her strength. Letting BOadicea pass as
an example of the feminine fighting blood,
we find in Dame Nichola de Camville an
early specimen Of the warlike political
woman. She took the royal side IN
the famous war with the barons, and
held Lincoln Castle against Gilbert de
Gaunt. first for King John and afterwards
for Henry H.. till the battle called Lincoln
Fair broke her power. The beautiful
Countess Of Salisbury. she who was so
ardently beloved by the third Edward, was
another instance OF feminine daring, III htI
case coupled with the ioveliest and most
gracious sweetness. Black Agnes was
again heroine, Of the virago type, and
Queen Philippa, Queen Margaret, and
Others of the same kind honored their
adopted nationality by their courage
and devotion. Meaner women were as
brave. In a skirmish at Naworth Q57O)
Leonard Dacres had in his army = many
desperate women, who there gave the ad-
venture of their lives and fought right
stoutly.n And at the end Of the last cen
tury and the beginning of this about half
a dozen women on the whole enlisted as
privates in the army and pulled their
pound" as calamity as men. Miss Jennie
Cameron, Scotch and JacObite, was another
example of the fighting women with whom
nature had stumbled and spoiled the origi-
nal design.
Miss jennie Cameron,
She put her belt ard hanger on
And away 20 the young Pretender.
When she rode into the camp of Bonnie
Prince Charlie at the head of her $50 clay
mores she was ION bay gelding decked
out in green trappings trimmed with gold.
Her hair was tied behind in loose buckles
and covered by a velvet cap with scarlet
feathers. In her hand in lieu of whip,
she carried drawn sword and for her
help she was dubbed Colonel Cameron "
L 81.
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Killed by an Explosion.
m, ,.foor.,,h ~ the Disnateh- 4

MEDINA, n. Y. July l3.-John McAvoy,
aced thirty-four, foreman of one of the
Medina quarries. was blown twenty feet in
the air by premature explosion to-day.
He was horribly injured and died instant
". Edward Capella, his assistant, was
thrown ten feet into the air. His eyes were
blown out and he was otherwise terribly
injured. but he may live.
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aladiatoriai combats.

The Coliseum of Old Rome has been the
scene of frightful cruelties, and Christian
martyrs unnumbered have yielded up their
life in the arena. Here 81. lgnatius was
brought by Trajan from Antioch, and was
deyoured of Wild beasis-the first OIL long
line OF martyrs. The record is endless.
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Two sides of "A Great Man.

FIIIVI T T. 0TiII ND NJ ~ I.I7I1'7I''
Isn't il time for Christian manhood OF
this country TO assert itself, to stop prize
6obting. to iail and put to hard labor the
brutes who defy the existing laws against
prize fighting, and to cleanse tho newspa-
ners from the foul reports of all the de
tails of law-breaking brutality Mail and
ErDreSS.
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r111nrr Z surpARn AsAMAN.

The gallant Colonel f. f. Shepard stepped
from the Mayors Office this morning all
smiles, and spying q reporter whom he
knew rushed mp to him and SAID with all
the enthusiasm of an expert What's the
news from the fightl Has Sulliyanwon ~
Net1 York EceIting SAN.
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A CIoud-Burst-Loss of Life.

FoRr RonrSsoN. Ark, July lS.-Just after
DAYLIGHT this morning cloud-burst occur
red In the mountains just north OF Fort
Robinson. Marsh Duncan, q wood-chop-
per. and three of his children, are known
10 have been drowned. Great anxiety IS
felt for the people living in the canon
along Soldier creek.