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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-05

victs seemed to put our captain in an
embarrassing position, but after a mo-
ment's thought he called out to the fell
low on the rail:
You must have captured the brig to
get away fir, 4 Cayenne. What has be-
come of the crew."
'Dead-every one of them killed and
thrown overboard" shouted the fiend in
answer.
do you mean to say you murdered
captain, mate and all hands?"
Eyes, all the crew, but we'vo got the
captains wife and her sister aboardt
Now, you've got the news, and you sheer
off and go your own way! Let a French
ship pursue us and 1etake u.s."
We were compelled to widen the dis
lance between us to prevent accident
from the lubberly manner in which the
brig was steered, but we reduced sail SO
as to keep abreast of her, and the captain
and his officers descended for consulta-
ton. I don't know whether they ques-
toned their right to interfere or dis
cussed the best method of recapturing
the brig, but they were not absent over
quarter of an hour. When they came
on deck, we got the order to load with
solid shot, and in 10 minutes every man
and gun was ready for action. One Of
the convicts was aloft with glass and
could plainly note every movement
aboard of us, and our captain, who was
likewise posting us, reported that the
fellows had armed themselves with rifles
and revolvers and were erecting shields
against the bulwarks. A solid shot was
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-05
THE
Londonderry Sitter.
So. Londonderry, Vermont.
THE
A National Inheritance Tax.

A National Inheritance Tax.
The opposition to the proposed income
tax has led to much speculation as to
fhe probable popularity ofan Inheritance
tax. Most men would rather be taxed
bitter they are dead than when they are
alive. A tax on legacies is very old
fdea in Europe. In 1902 Great Britain
obtained over $53.600,000 from this
source, while France derived $39, S73, 305.
VI we had such tax in this country, it
would more than makeup for the falling
off in customs revenues.
A few of the individual states of this
Union have already such tax. The
first one to establish it was Pennsyl-
Sania, where the inheritance tax has
been levied ever since 1926. Other states
fell slowly into line until now Ia of the
IA levy certain per cent on all large es-
tates that come into possession of heirs.
Most of these are the older eastern
states, but this year Ohio, Nebraska and
Ealifornia swung into line with their tax
on requests. So also did Maine. New
York passed her inheritance tax law in
1885, Illinois in 1887. The middle south
ern states take kindly to the idea, Mary
land, Delaware, West Virginia and Ten
hessee having an inheritance tax. The
other states that have resorted to this
source # revenue are Connecticut, Mas
sachusetts and New Jersey. To the eye
of Jersey justice" therefore, tax on
dead men is quite the correct thing. The
living heirs cannot grumble, since they
have never been in the enjoyment of the
property which is thus levied on for the
expenses of the government under which
it was accumulated.
For this year the amount of revenue to
New York state from this source will be
over 100000. Three-quarters of a mil
lion of this comes, it is said, from the es
tate of Jay Gould alone. Two-thirds of
the inheritance tax in New York comes
from the city and county of New York.
One of the abuses connected with this
tax in New York county was formerly
the enormous amount of fees that &C
crued to the comptroller for its collec-
ton. This reached in some cases 100000
q year. At that rate it was better to be
comptroller than to be president.
If national inheritance tax were
levied, there would doubtless be at first
some confusion and grumbling about the
two taxes, state and national, in the
states that have anticipated the national
move in this direction.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-05

Mr.. Carlisle thinks that the laws do
not give discretionary power enough to
the secretary of the treasury. He wants
authority now to issue United States
bonds to the amount Of 5000, 1000, 900, to
run a short time at low interest. He
says he will have to face an estimated
deficit of $2S, 100000 for the coming fs-
cal year. Besides the bonds for immedi-
ate relief, he suggests that congress in
crease the internal revenue tax-that is
to say, the tax on liquors and tobacco
chiefly, though playing cards, cosmetics
and perfumes are included in his recon-
mendations. Likewise he would have a
tax imposed on inheritances and on in
ZONES derived from the stocks and bonds
Of corporations and joint stock compa-
hies. These are the ways by which the
secretary would refill our low national
treasury.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-05

The Grand Old Man of Great Britain
passes his eightyfourth birthday the
e9th of this December. In the early part
bf his career he attracted attention to
himself by fighting for the rights and
brerogatives of the house of commons as
against the house Of lords. The pros
pect is that he will die in armor fighting
the same battle. 1t is nearer its end th; 4
it was when Gladstone entered the fight
in 1860 Nothing seems more certain
Ehan that the twentieth century will see
the house of lords very much modified.
1t will probably not cease to be, but
hereditary membership therein may be
abolished. Whatever change is made
will be due largely to the valiant blows
administered by Right Hon. William
Ewart Gladstone.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-05
ODDS AND ENDS.

A good two foot rule-keep your feet
dry.
AS high as $1,000 pilgrims nave been
collected at Mecca at one time.
Simplicity of character is the natural
result of profound thought. -Hazlitt.
In the far west girl who works in a
railroad restaurant is known as "bis-
cIit shooter"
The man who would have done so and
so if he had been there never gets there.
Rams Horn.
Statistics show that abou one-tepth
of the total number of papers in the
country expire every year.
ITO take the cake" had ii origin in
the cake walk in which coloI ID couples
participate, the prize being a eske.
During the Mexican war he Unite !
States put $1,000 men in & Q field, of
whom 1850 died of wounds OF disease.
A towel made from flax ard claimed
to be half century old is in the posses
sion of Mrs. John Worth of bish Point
N.
The highest court in Missouri has de-
cided that debts contracted in option
deals are gambling debts and net col
lectible at law.
Gutta percha was first intro iuced into
Europe from Malaga in 1852. The an
nual consumption now amounts to some
100000 pounds.
An employee of a Washington hotel is
able, it is said, to wash and dry over
1000 dishes an hour and put them in
their proper places.
. More beer is drunk in Munich than in
any other town in the world. A quart
and half per day is the average per
head of the population.
With the exception of Belgium, whose
debt has been incurred for internal inn
provements,. every European national
debt is in great part war debt.
The cost OF the worlds wars since the
Crimean war has been S13 800 600, 0o0, OF
enough to give $40 gold piece to every
man, woman and child on the globe,
The very earliest carvings low extant
are those found in the caves of LIE Nous
tier and La Madelaine, preserved al
Paris, bearing representations of animals
as seen by the prehistoric men.
Statisticians estimate that in Great
Britain there are 700 millionaire families
$3.50 families very rich" 143,250 fami
lies ''rich," 730, 500in moderate circuln
Stances 2,00s,00O Struggling to keeI
up" and 3,916,90 poor.
Anything will do for a pretext when g
man wants to kill hilnself-even losses in
friendly game of poker.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-05

after her marriage 10 senu WORD 10 ner
father and to her uncles and aunts, with
whom she had lived, that she wished
nothing more to do with them. The let
tiers, which were dictated by him, and
which she was compelled to send them,
contained insulting and contemptuous
expressions.
At the least sign of failure to obey
him promptly the husband directed his
wife to stay in bed for periods of from a
day to two or three weeks, only allow
ing her to rise to prepare his meals or to
attend to the horses. When she was
sick, he pushed her on one occasion to
the floor, and when she cried he told her
that she could stay in bed day for ev-
cry sob and counted them until the
number of II was reached, and then di-
rected her to stay in bed II days and
restricted her to a diet of bread and
water.
On one occasion he made her stay all
! night in the buggy shed, though he gave
her a revolver with which she could
alarm him if burglar disturbed her. He
took her young nursing baby away from
her and sent it away without allowing
her to know where it was until a month
or two later, when she finally revolted
and began the divorce suit. The details
of the case were most heartrending, and
Chief Judge Tuley, before whom the
case was tried, said that the facts showed
case of cruelty to which in over 40
years of experience at the bar and ON the
bench he had never known the equal.
The law in Illinois, however, requires
that ''extreme and repeated cruelty"
must be shown, and it has been held
that to constitute that charge there must
be more than one act of physical violence
shown. An attempt was made to pre-
vent the divorce on the ground that the
defendant did not violently lay his hands
upon his wife except on one occasion,
when he pushed her to the floor.
Judge Tuley, however, breaks away
from the old rules, although he says the
tearing away of the child from the arms
of the mother might be considered sec
ond act of personal violence. He holds
that there may be the most extreme
cruelty inflicted on refined and deli
cate woman which would not be cruelty
toward coarse and brutal nature. The
Chicago Legal News protests against the
attempt to follow in Illinois the anti
quated rule based on the case 100 years
old that there must be at least two acts
Of physical violence.-New York Trib-
une.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-05
Need of a Pacific Cable.

DR.. Shaw of The Review of Reviews is
of opinion that there is one point il the
Hawaiian muddle on which all Ameri-
cans will be agreed, and that is the need
for the speedy construction of sub
marine telegraph between San Francisco
and Honolulu. 1t takes eight days for a
message to pass from Hawaii to San
Francisco, and in less time than that
the fate of empires has often been de-
cided. In the absence of any means of
getting immediate instructions from con-
gress the American minister at Honolulu
has been in measure obliged to take his
own head for things requiring speedy de-
cision and run the risk of having his
Judgment afterward disavowed by con-
gress. So it was that Minister Stevens
accepted the setting up of the American
flag over the islands; so it was that Spe-
cial Commissioner Blount hauled it down
again. Besiaes the political Importance
Of such cable, its commercial and mill
tary importance to the United States
would be still stronger consideration
in its favor. DR.. Shaw writes of the two
flag episodes:
Neither of these history making acts could
possibly have occurred at the volition OF an
American minister or Of citizen sent on mis-
sion of invest legation by the president If there
had been such a thing as telegraph line con-
Meeting the islands With the mainland. Much
OF the practical difficulty in the way of a final
solution of the issues that have been pending
for nearly year has been due to the lack Of
frequent and rapid communication.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-05

In Paris New Years is the principal
holiday of the year, and people of all
classes enter into its celebration with
great enthusiasm. New Years gifts are
universal, and it is said that 100, goo, 600
francs change hands every year ON this
account. The president 'receives" ON
this day, and the people in all walks of
life exchange civilities. The boulevards
are crowded all day, and the festivities
are carried far into the night.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-05

rifles were discharged, and as the bark
dropped into the trough tho waves ran
right over her, and she settled away
with the heaviness of block of granite.
We ran down to the spot, but there was
no one to rescue, Living and dead had
been drawn down together.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-05
All things come to him who hustles.

Casimir-Perier and Dupuy simply
changed places in the French govern.
ment. NJ. Dupuy was premier. He re-
signed, and Casimir-Perier who was
president of the chamber of deputies
was appointed premier in his place
Then Dupuy was Immediately elected
president of the deputies TO fill Casimir.
Perier's chair. IL was fair exchange.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-05

gether a more villainous crowd. TIE
worst of the lot, however, looked honest
and mild tempered compared 20 tl,at
fellow they had elected as captain. lie
was giant in statue. as dark as Span
lard, and his face was that of a saya =
wild beast. We were so near that ,ye
could look into his eyes and ca:.ii' J. :
ferocious expression, and tii:a, cvfrv
man of us realized that he would l:are
to be killed before the brig co,,ld b.
taken. The defiant attitude of tho coz
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-05

1t is well for Chicago to raise 81 ,000, 900
to feed her destitute. But she ought to
make the ablebodied among them do
something to earn the money. There is
plenty of unfinished public work in Chi
cago.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-05

The farmers of the country through
their congress at Savannah have asked
for ship canal connecting the Missis-
sippi river and the great lakes. Besides
that, they want the Mississippi and its
tributaries improved and some more har-
bors on the Atlantic and gulf coasts.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-05

Christmas,
Merry Christmas,
At the
New York Store.
New Goods and Plenty OF Them.
The Eternal Cash makes
prices Low for you.
. 0, cloth bound, ~ Mo. Books at loo.
worth 25c.
China Cup and Saucer lSc.
Large Plush Album Csc.
boiiNs Nii Si1's, oI, iot, -oN anu
Autograph Albums &C and lOc.
China Pitchers l0c.
China Plates. Bibles. Diaries, Childlen's
Books, Dictionaries.
Red lined edition poets soc.
Green Mountain Boys.
Uncle Toms Cabin.
Leather Travelling bags,
Music Rolls, Toilet Sets,
Manicure Sets,
Fancy Glassware and Lamps,
Ribbons, Laces, Gloves,
Mittcns, Silk
Mufflers, Silk Hdkfs., EN-
broidered Hdkfs,
Stamped Linens for
Embroidery, Figured
China Silks, Aprons, Ready
Made Ladies' Wrappers,
Sleigh Robes, BED Blankets,
Bed Comforters.
Best Indigo Blue Prints sc.
Apron Check Ginghams sc.
Brooks 200 Me. Spool Cotton &c.
DeXter's Knitting Cotton Sc.
Ladies' Arctic Over Shoes Toe.
Mems Rubber Boots 50 25.
Toys and Games for Children.
Jackets and Cloaks for Ladies and
Children.
Cloaks for the Babies, Crib Blankets.
= All these goods and many
more.
Only Terms Cash,
Blackmcr's
New York Store,
Manchester DpOet.
Merchants, Butchers @ . ;:::;E:
We want COED MAN in your locality to pick u
| CALF SKINS
| for us. Cash furnished ON satisfactory guarant
Address. S. PAGE, Hyde Park, Vermont.
! n|9nd & Gr9v SnmIn9rV
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-05
| M IN It !!
See Here!

See Here!
A genuine Full Rubber Trimmed single
Strap Harness for $4,000.
A nickel or imitation rubber trimmed
single strap Harness for $1,000.
A one and half Farm Harness, $35.
A double driving Harness for $37.
These are all my own make. made of
No. l oak stock and fully warranted.
You will always find Il full stock of
Whips, Bru, hes, HaltcrS, Curry Combs.
Surciu4lcs, Blankets Robes and Lap
Busters in their season, in fact every
thing for the horse and stable.
| sell the best hand made factory har-
ness made for the money-$I2.OO.
Rcmcmbcr l will not be undcrsold.
Repairing and Trimming
specially.
All orders promptly attended to:
j. Il. BENTLEY,
Manchester Centre, VT
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-01-05
Leland 4 Gray Seminary,

TOWnShend, VI.
Winter term of twelve weeks begins bee. 5th.
New ply steal and chemical apparatus. English
Scientific, Classical and College Preparatory
courses of study. Thorough work IN al studies
Expenses very low. For particulars address,
A. e. CALL, A. NJ, Principal.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-06-02

The people of Medimont held meet
ing the other day and organized for the
purpose OF taking steps toward lower
ing the lake. They will ask other towns
and all citizens along the lake and riv-
ers 10 cooperate with them. As we
understand 1t. they claim that the dam
1t Post Falls is responsible, in part, for
the high water, and they will make ef-
forts TO have 1t removed and the river
channel lowered, which would result in
preventing such floods as at present.
There Is reason TO believe that the dam
affects the stage of water in the lake
This is shown by the difference in the
height Of water here and at Spokane.
In the latter place It reached % inches
above the highest mark of 1857, while
at this city II was Is inches above the
lss. mark difference of % inches.
However, it would be necessary to prove
that the dam caused the extraordinary
rise before its removal could be ordered.
and the prime movers in the matter
must expect a legal fight before the
matter is settled. unless the owners of
the dam will consent to its removal
which is improbable.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-06-02
The Waters Rscedinr.

After reaching height of IS inches
above the high water mark Of 1857, the
lake began falling slowly Wednesday
and has since continued to recede at
the rate of about three inches each q
hours. Fort Sherman lis still flooded
and many Of our citizens have taken
advantage of the situation to visit the
post in row-boats. The post exchange,
the quarters Of four of the officers. two
Of the company quarters, the hospital,
school-house, chapel, guard house, ice.
house. cavalry stables, and number of
other buildings are yet surrounded by
water, but as there is no current there
will be little damage inflicted.
The saw-miil at Post Falls has with
stood the food and is now considered
safe.
Spokane suffered some loss in the de.
strucuon of several small bridges.
All the bridges in the Ceur d'Alene
mining district were carried away. and
half a mile or more of Union Pacific
track destroyed. Much damage has al
so been inflicted upon the narrow gauge
branch Of the Northern Pacific. The
only practicable means of reaching the
towns of Warriner. Wallace, and the
mining section generally is by way of
this city and lake.
Late reports from the upper country
are to the effect that the rivers are rap.
idly falling and that all likelihood of
higher water is past.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-06-02
A kn.ekl,r IlRhf.

kooicnai Lodge. No :. Knights OF
l'yihias. enjoyed quite revival. in both
membership and interest. at its castle
bali Thursday evening. the occasion he.
ing the initiation aud advancement of
eight strangers" into the mysteries OF
tho Order. brave knights. both tried
and true. were there from Ra,hdrum
and Post Fails 10 assist the home lodge
in the work Of making the candidates
acquainted with the lessons OF T., {.
and u. We have no doubt these lessons
WEIR 30 forcihly impressed upon their
minds tina, they will not soon forge:
them.
Among those present from Ra,hdrum
and Post Falls were McSsrs. Bragaw,
Peters. Meltier. Wishard, Ebert, Wenz.
Morris, Price, Scott. Barrett, Bennefeld
and Barber.
The candidates were instructed In the
three ranks Of the order Page. Esquire
and knight the Post Falls team exem.
plifying the amplihed third degree on
TWO candidates IN very pleasing man
ner. The Rathdrum brothers also rem
dcred valuable assistance in the work,
for which the C1ur d'Alene lodge is
under knightly obligations. At twelve
midnight proceedings were suspended,
and the knights bucklei on their armor
and advanced In full phalanx upon the
works at the Bancroft House, where
banquet Of good things edible was cap.
turcd promptly. Landlord Bancroft
made a complete and unconditional sur.
render. and the merry knights enjoyed
their feast to the OH. Returning, then,
to the hall, the session continued until
40 a. M, when the eight strangers who
had entered the castle in the evening
babe their peers pleasant good morn.
ing, and the work was over.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-06-02
Notice Of Bond Election.

Notice is hereby given that a special
election will be held at the Graney
building in Independent School District
No. !, Of kootenai county, state of Ida.
no, on the 9Th day of June, 1894, for de-
termining whether or not the Board of
Trustees Of said district shall borrow
money and issue bonds Of the district
for the sum OF three thousand dollars
$4,000 for the purpose of paying for
the bleck of ground upon which the
schoolhouse is built. Said bonds, If is
sued, shall bear per cent interest per
annum and shall be payable in - years,
with option after 10 years, from date !:
and the principal and interest shall be
payable at such bank in New York as
the purchaser may designate. The cleo
ton will be by ballot. Those in favor
Of bonds, As above specified, will vote,
"Bonds, yes; those opposed, Bonds,
no." The polls will be open from two
O'Clock p. m. to seven o'clock p. m.
l:y order of the Board of Trustees.
GEO. II. CONNER, Clerk.
Dated May q, 1894.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-06-02


Man-made law is not very unfair to
ward women, after all, notwithstandin,
the hysterical assertions OF such would
be "reformers' as Susan b. Anthem,
and Lille Devereaux Blake. A search
among the laws of the different state.
shows that Madam is highly endowed
with rights" For example
A husband cannot dispose of hi.
wife's dover in his real estate withou,
her consent.
A wife can sell her real estate and
give absolute title thereto without he,
husbands consent, just as if she were
single.
A husband can be made to pay fol
necessar;es supplied to his wife: a wife
is free from such liability for her hus
bands needs.
A wife's dover right exists with O,
without a will, and cannot be Invested
without her consent.
A wife can will away all her real and
personal property without making pro.
vision for her husband.
Women debtors, against whom legal
judgments have been granted, are ex-
empt from the execution of such judg-
ments in cases which, SO far as men are
concerned, are limited only to those
who are householders.
Married women have broader house
hold exemptions than men.
A man who fails to pay a female EN-.
ploye wages due up to $50 is liable to
arrest, and hone of his property is ex-
empt for the debt.
Women are, substantially, exempt
from arrest in all civil cases.
To arrest a woman, willful injury to
person or property, or such evasion of
duty As would be contempt of court,
must be shown in all civil cases.
The factory laws, and other laws af-
fecting like employment are replete
with provisions for the exceptional care
Of female employees.
The rights of wives as to the guard.
anship of children are the same as those
of husbands.
Insurance on mans life, paid to his
widow, is exempt from execution for
her debts.
No execution against the person of
woman can be issued unless an order of
arrest is granted and executed in a le-
gal action.
A man is bound to obey and help an
officer Of the peace, or a sheriff, when
quelling trouble or making an arrest
woman is free from any such duty.
Man is liable to be called on to take
up arms for law or authority and to ex-
pose himself to injury or to death; wo-
man is free from military duty.
Men are liable to jury service; wo-
man is not.