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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
Prentice Mulford's Belief,

An intimate friend of the late Prem
tice Milford says: 3
Milford believed that we could and
should grow handsomer and stronger
with advancing years if we learned to
put his philosophy into practice. Strange
ly enough, he himself was to consider
able extent living exemplifcation of
his theory in this respect. As time, ac-
cording to the earthly standard, ad-
vanced with him he became younger and
finer looking physically of late years.
He looked probably fifteen years younger
than his age. The idea of immortality
in the flesh which Bulwer has put for
ward in the character of Zanoni was a
favorite theory with milford. That he
or anybody else could not reach such
immortality and physical perfection in
this one life was nothing against the
theory, but only proved mankind's pres
ent undevelopment.
| His life was full of storm and advent
ure. There were sorrows, too, in it. A
| friend tells me that he was always fall
| ing in love with some woman and al
| way StItiilS LIS ueIIb DEOheu, WHICH
was sad enough, AS a journalist he had
few equals, A subtitle vein of wit ran
through his writing, carrying the very
spirit and essence of humor. For years
he had been identified with the New
York press, when suddenly in the full
tide of success as a journalist he turned
from it all and devoted himself to the
mystical, occult investigations which
finally resulted in the publication of his
White Cross Library. This was q series
of monthly leaflets, setting forth the
editors peculiar ideas. He modestly
called himself the editor, because he
fully believed the essays were inspired
by a lofty spiritual power. Unadver-
tised, unheralded, the White Gross
Library began its monthly visits about
August, 1886, bringing real help to storm
tossed souls. Its fame grew wider, and
those whom its pages helped recon-
mended it to others, until at the time Of
MIR. Mulford's lamented death it had ac-
quired large circulation. There will
be none to take Mulford's place in the
White Cross Library monthly. In its
suspension something infinitely welcome
and cheering will be lost out of the lives
of thousands.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
THE NEW ORSERY ATORY

There are but one or two superior and
better equipped observatories than this
one in the United States, and the man at
it's head, W. W. Paine, has achieved an
international reputation. A new TO-
inch equatorial, with photograph at
tachment for recording spectra, has just
been put in. 1t is the first one in the
world to give the much vaunted but re-
Gently discovered Jena" glass q trial,
and exceptionally good results are an
ticipated The building is SO feet east
and west and 100 feet north and south.
The erection, equipment and dedication
of this building mark very important
era in the history Of Carleton college,
placing it as it does in the front rank of
educational institutions of the western
hemisphere.
Carleton has six buildings-chapel,
science hall, music hail, library, observa-
tory and ladies' hall-the cost Of which
will run into the hundreds of thousands
Of dollars. 1t is the representative edu-
cational institution Of the northwest, and
is making rapid strides toward greater
advancement
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
Lost in Her Own Pockets.

1t is seldom that woman loses any
thing in the pocket of her own dress, but
such thing actually happened to a very
clear headed and methodical young
woman whose residence is in Baltimore,
but whose comings and goings encom-
pass nearly every civilized quarter of the
globe. Some time ago Mrs. G. missed
her pocketbook, containing a consider
able sum of money. a careful search
through her own coy establishment
failed to disclose its whereabouts. The
household servants were all well known
and trustworthy, and there were no cir
cumstances that even suggested theft.
The loss was discovered soon after a
visit to this city, and advertisements
We're sprinkled plentifully among the
newspapers.
The missing pocketbook persistently
continued to be missing in spite of all
efforts to discover it. After while the
circumstance of its loss was forgotten
A newly planned trip necessitated the
overhauling of the young woman's ward
robe, and by the merest accident the LOST
article was found reposing in the pocket
Of handsome travelling dress. why
1t seems to me that felt in that pocket
when | was searching exclaimed its
owner, looking at her husband with a
why didnt-you-tell-me expression upon
her face. Eyes, DEAR" said he sympa
thetically, Il know that felt for it,
New York Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

count and went to prison; Gideon Wells
Marsh, president of the bank, was ar
rested, jumped his bail and is not found;
"Max Freeman a self styled detective,
claimed to have located him near Spring
Lake, N, j., and returned with report
that there had been desperate fight
with Marsh and that he Z" FreemanD had
been clNbbed and paralyzed.
1t soon transpired that Freeman the
detective" was really T. Fl. Garside,
noted as labor agitator, and recently a
newspaper reporter in Philadelphia, and
in the meantime thorough legal inves-
tigation had demonstrated these facts:
"Honest john Bardsley, as he was
called, owes the city $191 ,061,eS, and the
state 81 ,002, 769.6 making his total de-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
STARTING A BOYS CLUB.
Kindness from wom@a pn VIVA. ,,

Kindness from womsn DID What Po-
licemon's Clubs Had Failed to DO.
II was in the fall of 1878 that the
small boys about Tompkins square, hay-
ing exhausted the ordinary methods Of
street enjoyment, began TO amuse them
selves by throwing stones through the
windows Of the Wilson mission at 1925
st, Marks place, and by jeering at the
various people connected with it as they
passed in and out of the building,
These customs proving in time both
expensive and annoying to the ladies
and gentlemen connected with the mis-
sion, and complaints to the police de-
partment only resulting in temporary
cessation Of hostilities whenever the
lynxeyed policeman on the beat APP
peared, and as long as he remained in
sight, one Of the ladies determined 10
try the soothing effects of Goals Of fire,
poured metaphorically upon the heads
of the offending boys. So one evening
she answered an especially irritating
volley of stones by appearing ON the
doorsteps, and taking advantage Of a
momentary lull in the cat calls which
her appearance had excited, asked the
boys if they would not come in and
have some coffee and cakes.
Visions of "cops," with big clubs, be-
hind the door naturally occurred to the
minds Of the prospective guests; but
when few of the more venturesome had
sided IN, and no attacks, apparently,
had been made on them, the others
took courage and followed them, to and
themselves quietly welcomed.to the sim
pie repast which the lady had plen-
teously provided as the most practical
form in which to administer her Goals
of fire. Every one had as much as he
wanted, no reference was made to the
cause of the broken glass, and each boy
was treated with kindness and courtesy
quite unexpected, in view of the fact
that within few moments he had been
engaged in smashing his hostess win
dows.
When the supper had all been alb
sorbed the boys were sent forth with a
pleasant good night to ruminate on their
evenings experiences, and to decide
which part of the evening had been the
more enjoyable-defacing the exterior of
the mission building or being treated
with kindness and courtesy within its
walls, and their decision soon became
apparent, for the boys were soon back
again, not for coffee and cakes, but to
ask if they could not come in and play
games-though there was little in the
room but an atmosphere of kindness and
good breeding. -Evert Jansen Wendell
| in Scribner's.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
The best five cent cigar sold in his state
is branded in plain letters on each cigar.
1.-THE Avenue"
cnNsI-MpTInN CuREp.

An old physician, retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an
East India missionary the formula of a
simple veg table remedy for the speedy
aud permanent cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarh, Asthma and all
throat and Lung Affections, also posi-
tive and radical cure for Nervous Debili-
ty and al Nervous Complaints, after hay-
ing tested its wonde full curative powers
in Thousands of eases. has felt it his duty
to make il known 70 his suffering fellows.
Actuated by this motive and a desire TO
relieve human suffering, ! viii send free
of charge, to all who desire it, this rec
ipe, in German. French or English,
with full directions for preparing and
using. Sent by mail by addressing with
stamp, naming this paper, w A. MOVES,
$50 Powers Block, Rochester, n. Y.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
fHE PARNELL-o'sHEA WEDDING.
strenuous Ensrts 10 Keep the Anal
from Public knowledge.

Strenuous Efsrts 10 Keep the Afair
from Public knowledge.
Parnell has married the O'Shea, rs
our English friends phrase it, using che
definite article when lady is celebrated
Every pfecauti6n was taken to keep the
marriage strictly private. A special Ii
cense was procured, so that no publica-
ton was needed, and the contracting
parties proceeded by carriage to Stey-
ming, village near Brighton, and
were there united with only legal wit.
nesses present. They We're determined
not to have crowd or "make circus
of It,"
Ordinarily no one would care how two
people married, but this happens to be
the case of Charles Stewart Parnell, erst-
while Irish leader, and Mrs. Katharine
O'Shea, nee Wood, sister of General Sir
Evelyn Wood, and it was the intimacy
of these two which created the split in
the Irish party and the manifesto of Mr..
Gladstone and the red hot faction fights
in Tpperary, and no end of broken
heads IN Cork and elsewhere-so these
were long the most talked about folks in
the United Kingdom, and would be yet
If the prince and Sir William Gordon.
Cumming had not come to their aid with
the baccarat scandal.
Miss Wood, born in 1850, married Cap,
tain O'Shea at the age of seventeen, and
at the age of forty-one she is still re.
markably lovely, with singularly clear
skin, a good figure and that silky golden
hair which artists call Titan red. Cap
tain O'Shea, who had resigned his com.
mission in the British army to engage in
business, met Mr.. Parnep in 1880 and
was at once attracted to his support
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
White Necktigs,

Within the past two or three years
there has been marked increase in the
number of people wearing white neck
ties of silk, satin, linen or cotton, in
the public streets, wearing them not in
preparation for dinner, but as a part of
the regular daily garb. A reporter who
walked along Broadway the other al
ternoOn saw over a score of them
around the necks of well dressed men
In some cases they were becoming; in
others, they were not The bowknot
white necktie looked seemly upon some
wearers; the white scarf looked well on
others. New York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

Charles Buchanan Sherman is the son
of parents living in Albany, but his
mother was temporarily residing in
Geneva, Switzerland, when he was born.
In her pride over a first born son she had
him baptized and registered, the clerk
adding the usual note that he was ZEN
titled to Swiss citizenship so when the
Shermans got ready to come home they
were dumfounded by modification that
little Charles Buchanan couldn't come.
He was liable to service in the Swiss
army! The whole machinery of the state
department had to be set in motion to
secure his release
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
London Electric Lighting system

London was slow to accept the cleo.
trio light, but is now making up for
lost time. AT the general meeting of
the Metropolitan company the chair
man reported that within a year the
number of the lamps supplied by them
had increased from 5000 to 60, 600 As
to their system of underground mains
he said that the length of conduit at
present laid was forty miles. and into
these conduits there had been laid
ninety miles of mains, and not one
fault or leakage had occurred New
York Telegram
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

About the usual number of fourth
of July causalities are reported. Sew.
eral deaths occurred from firing salutcs
and otherwise. The saddest of these
was the burning to death of 4 little
girl at Norwalk, Conn, whose clothes
caught prom a fire cracker.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

new YORK STORE
Has some bargains this week.
Look them over!
Ladies' Spring Jackets and
Capes,
Ladies' Jersey Vests 1Oc each
Good Ingram Carpets 25c.
| Ladies' black cotton Hose, 4
/ pairs for 25c.,
Children's bingham dresses.
3Sc.,
Mems jumpers Or Jackets,
worth SOC. only 29c. each.
Large size blank Books, 90
leaves, &C.,
Large size feather busters, &c
Mems hair brushes, 1Oc,,
Hand brushes, &c.
Potato masner & Fruit press,
a SOC. article for only 25c.
Sheet Iron Dripping Pans,
large size, 1Oc.
Oil Stove, best in use, 75c.
Silver plated sugar spoons &c.
Boys Cashmere Suits, 4 to
II years, $50.
Outing cloth, best quality,
s - (ents.
Henrietta cloths, black and
cOlors,
New styles Dress Goods,
striped and plaids,
White bedspreads, table lin.
ems and napkins,
French mixed candy, l0c., ID.
Dana's Sarsapal'illa, Payne's
Celery Compound, Hoods
and Ayers Sarsapalilla,
Ladies Congress Boots, soc.
Ladies' Kid Button, $1.00,
Gents Outing Shirts, SIC.
Gents jersey Shirts, 3Sc.
Gents unlaundered Shirts 45c
Boys waists and shirts, Boys
knee pants,
Trunks, Oil cloths, Mating.
TerMs Cash or No Grade.
The Great
New York Store,
Manchester Depot, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

The Montpelier celebration proved
to be "dry" one. Raids were made
on all the saloons in the place the dav
before and about $500 worth Of
liquors seized. A freight car was also
entered and a large quantity of beer
seized. 1t was the severest drought
Montpelier ever experienced and must
have shocked the nerves of some of
her citizens dreadfulv.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

Ex-Vice President Hannibal hamlir
died at Bangor, Me-, at about 8 &c
Saturday, at the Tarratine club rooms
where he had been Spending the after.
noon. He was 81 years old, and
leaves a widow and three sons.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

vi d II a s, b ut
claims that he did
not know such
action was lille
gal when he had
good security. He
also lost som e
money in wild
speculation, but
made some other
wise; so he claims
that with all his
own property
turned in state
- .& Ill -,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

There is said to be an old negro in Tai
bot county, Ga, who learned to spell in
curious way in slavery times, His
owner lived in sparsely settled neigh
borhood. and he, being small boy, was
sent along to accompany the children to
school. The teacher would not allow him
to go into the schoolroom when the pu-
pills were reciting. This aroused his Gu
riosity, and he would stealthily approach
the door and repeat after the spelling
class until he could spell every word in
Webster's blue back spelling book before
he knew the alphabet. He now reads
and spells very weH.-Boston Transcript.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

such affairs, the
trath is coming
out in inverse
order to that Of
the "facts" as
first stated.
The histori 0
order ran thus:
First the Key
stone bank went
W it'll a grand
crash; then City
Treasurer John
Bardsley failed
10 c,,,ara htc "a
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

Gladstone hates anything stylish.
Prince George of Greece is boxer.
Professor Tyndall is able to walk
about.
Tennyson has been greatly benefit
dby his cruise in the English Channel
Octave Thanet, the novelist, is Alice
French in private life.
Mrs. Mackay will give a dinner to
some members of the English royal
family in a few days.
Heinrich Schmiliuski, the greatest
millionaire of Hamburg, has decided
to leave his immense fortune to build
an asylum for unmarried women.
Mr.. Herbert Gladstone says that
influenza first attacked his fathers
throat, and on his recovery from that
attack, exposure during an grafton
brought on a bronchial affection.
Dom Pedro, who has gone to yichy
to take the waters, will probably re-
turn to England about the middle of
next month, when he is to reside for
few weeks at Bushey Park, which
has been placed at his disposal bv the
Due de Nemours.
General Jubal A. Early has accept
eb the invitation of the Monument
Committee to be the orator on the
occasion of the unwilling of the Jack
son monument at Lexington Va, on
July 21. His subject will be the mil
itary achievements and character of
General "StonewaIr' jackson.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

Dispatches from Los Angeles, Cal ,
say that the water that is filling up a
large region in the ueighborhood Of
the Salton salt works comes from the
Colorado river. The section that is
filing up is below sea level.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

Crop prospects in the West are re-
ported as very favorable. The yield
of small grain will be unprecedently
large, Over 1000, 900 bushels of
wheat are estimated for Kansas alone.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

According to a dispatch in Mon
days Rutland Herald one Scott Yat-
taw Of Vergennes was able to be
married on the fourth by getting a
horsewhipping few days before.
The man who thrashed him was fined
$40 and the court gave Yattaw S21
for his share and this furnished the
capital for the wedding. If some
body had only wallopped the girl and
paid u fine therefor this couple would
have had good start in life.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
For Sale.

Two of the most valuable farms in
southern Vermont, conveniently situated
in west part of Windham, nearly 800
acres, under high state of cultivation,
adjoining aud could be conveniently run
together, good buildings, best running
spring water to barns and house. Heavily
timbered. Would sell together or
separately. Price about one half value.
Terms easy. Apply to A. L. Dution on
the premises or G. H. Dutton, Worces-
ter. Mass.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

The Boston and Maine railroad
proposes to shorten the distance to
Montreal by making two short cuts
in Vermont, one from Hardwick on
the st. Johnsbury and Lake Cham
plain to Barnet and Wells River, on
the Passupmsic division of the Boston
and Maine, and the other from Fair
lee on the SIMS s;ai,e division TO Canaan on
the Concordia division of the Boston
and Maine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

ply handed over to the Keystone bank
the states and city's money; and just
what the bank did with it is yet to be
revealed in full. In part, however, it is
accounted for by reckless advances, by
loans without proper security, by wild
speculations and "skylarking" generally.
Mr.. Barssley admits his guilt in loan
ing the public funds to banks and indi-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

Senator Aldrich and Mckinley of
Ohio we've the principal speakers at
Bowen's Woodstock, Conn. celebra-
ton on the fourth.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

fcit$i, 19s, 1881, 3e.
For this he has
the Keyst o n o
banks due bills
for $925,000, a
large amonnt Of
bonds and other
alleged collater-
als,so that, count
ing these, he is
behind but $685.
022.s9. In short,
Mr. par6Slayr sim
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
STILL A FINANCIAL SENSATION

The Philadelphia Scandal Yet Leading
Topic of the Hour.
The financial explosion in Philadelphia
continues to agitate politicians apd
bankers rs well as the general public,
and its MAGNITUDE grows. As usual In
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
Liberation Notice !!

Notice is hereby given that l have this
day given my son, George Bourn, his
time during the remainder of his minor-
ty, and that after this date l shall pay
no debts of his contracting nor claim
any of his earnings.
Winhall, Vt, June "a, 1891.
Dwight NJ. Bourn.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

John Amidon Of Eden during a
sham battle at Morrisyille on the
fourth had one arm taken off just be-
low the elbow, lost one finger fnom
the other hand and had his eyes and
face badly burned by the premature
discharge of l2-pound cannon, Am
idon was injured a few years ago by
the same cannon and Oh the same
grounds.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
Sitter John, Editor,

Gladstone, the great British states
man, is mourning the death of son.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
Amen.
Amen.
West Randolph Hereld /:

About the last week in August, it
is thought, will be the most suitable
time to convene the legislature. Let
us pray for hot weather.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

nothing, and thereupon prays for the
mercy of the court, Meanwhile, by the
latest accounts, President Marsh is far
away in sunny southern land, and
"other hearts will ache" when all the
complications are unraveled.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
The French Accent.

The settlement of the position of the
French accent was recently attempted
in France by means of the phonauto-
graph, the measurement of the record
being made by tuning fork. 1t was
found that even in the shortest syllables
the ear is capable of not only hearing the
tone, but of detecting fine shades and
differences in the mode of pronunciation.
New York Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

The CHILEAN transport ltata and
the United States cruiser Charleston
arrived at San Diego last Saturday,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
Explorers and Their Servants.

News Of the death of Susi, the faithful
black servant Of DR.. Livingstone, recalls
attention to the great services rendered
to explorers by their black followers.
Stanley owed much to their alertness and
fidelity. while the late DR.. Crevaux, the
famous explorer of South America, was
equally indebted to his attendant Apatu,
who on several occasions saved the lives
of the members of the expedition The
French government awarded Apatu q
gold medal for rare devotion under crit
cal circumstances. Apatu belonged to
the Bonis tribe.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

The worst cases of scrofula, salt rheum
and other diseases of the blood, are cured
by Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10

Recent investigation has shown the
curious fact that for twenty years the
center of emigration from Europe to the
United States has been steadily moving
east southeast. That is, successfully
larger proportion of the immigrants
come from eastern and southern Europe
and smaller from northern and west
ern Europe.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
The Carleton College Observatory.

The Carleton College Observatory.
The new observatory at Carleton col
lege, Mortified, Mimi, was recently
dedicated DR.. Charles S. Hastings, Of
Yale university, delivered the address,
and dwelt in glowing words on the great
results that might be accomplished at
the institution.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
A Friend in Need.

A nlisstrp will often make q cripple for
life \ bottle of Henry & Johnson's Ar
Mica and Oil Liniment at hand, viii net
prevent the misstep. hut used immediate
ly it viii save being a cripple.