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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-02

move. The reporter says that her
thoughts were full of Easter" AT all
events, she made no sign of surren-
dering any part of her reservation. :"
Her next neighbor, however, was
more considerate, or less deeply alb
sorbed, and by means of little crowd
ing in the other direction, cleared space
enough so that the man could sit down
ION PINCH" to borrow once more the
reporters language.
Still the youngish lady with the in
flated sleeves kept her place, and the
gentleman wearied of his narrow quar-
tiers. Just then woman who "had
the breadth Of the Liberty statue
boarded the car, market-basketin hand
The gentleman might be in feeble
health, but his heart was chivalric. He
rose at once, and with gracious civility
motioned the market woman into his
place. She accepted the favor, and the
gentleman retired to the platform. The
other passengers looked alternately a
him and at the young lady whose side
he had just left.
That elegantly dressed person, if We
are to accept the reporters version o
the affair, turned red, white and blue
besides biting her lips, looking daggers
and performing several other feats ut
tie less wonderful.
Then she signaled stop, and as sh
left the car those who were standing OF
the platform "heard a kissing soun'
like the word brute
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-02
the lead, are good from now until snow

the lead, are good from now until snow
flies, II 1t flies as soon as Is Its wont.
There Is considerable use made this
year of braiding and stitching. as
means of marking and trimming gowns
and wraps. Braid, when it is used, is
apt to be narrow; not wide braid, such
as one sees In white upon blue yachting
gowns. Three lines of fine black braid,
for instance, are considered to have a
very horsey look upon the sleeves AMI
skirt of driving coat Of gray or tan
Chiffon is-well, it's convenient, which
is almost as good as being fashionable.
It remains quite favorite material for
the shoulder puffs which are to mask
sleeves of the new slenderness. Nor will
its usefulness be limited by the coming
frost. Plated chiffon is still almost II
not quite the best all-round material
for bodice fronts If the gown be not
elaborate. Chiffon might be dubbed
the business woman's friend. From
the hat brim, however, chiffon and crepe
and all such stuff have vanished quite.
One reason why the modistes worry
so much about the disposition Of the
waist line" is that "they hain't no such
thing" Dame Nature never made d
waist, and if the Almighty had meant a
woman to be corset-shaped, He'd doubt
less have made her SO. The wide cor
set belt, pointed above and below the
waist line, has been very popular, but
it's only for slender women or those
who insist on considering themselves
so The new "Venus waist" about
which we hear so much, seems to be a
fact. 1t is easily defined. A Venus
waist is one which Is about three or
four inches larger than 1t was last sea-
son. And it really makes the entire
| figure look more slender, because there
is no such bullying Of displaced tissue
above and below It. as the disfguring
corset compels. They say 1t is very
seldom, except in England. that one
nowadays sees woman in really high
society with pinched waist. AS for
Paris, it was there the idea began, and II
succeeds admirably because Of the sup
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-02

firmcd by tie Bible records, according
to the Chicago Tribune, is as follows:
She was born in Frankfort, KY, on
January II, 1903. In 1870 she was
married to Louis Howard Bryan, the
great-grandfather Of the nominee, at
that time young widower with two
children, George T., the older, being the
grandfather of William i. bryan, She
reared George rs her own son from
early infancy until reaching mans es-
tate, when he moved to Illinois. Her
maiden name was Mary Forbes Gnno,
and she is blood relative of the older
Bryan, her mother being Bryan, a
cousin of her husband Five children
were born to Louis II. and Mary Forbes
Eryan.
Twelve years after the death of Mr..
BRYAN she married Elisha Cobb, who
died in 1914. There were six children by
the latter union.
She lived in Clark and Owen counties,
Ey., residing for years near the home OF
Henry Clay, with which family she was
well acquainted. She distinctly re-
members the visit OF De Kalb to this
country and the homage paid him by
the soldiers of the revolution.
Her first husband, Louis Howard
Bryan, was in the war of 1912, entering
when II years old ard remaining to the
close of the conflict.
The elderly woman has an interest
ing collection Of revolutionary relics
Her grandfather, John Gano, was q
chaplain in the Evolutionary war with
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-02

When the sailor boy woke the next
morning he found himself noted char
acter. He had performed what many
thought remarkable feat, and was SO
lauded for his deed that Corbett was
practically forced to make a match to
fight him to finish for the champion
ship and $4,000 side. Whether Cor
bett has the right to compete for the
title is questioned by many, but that
does not enter into the argument so
far as Sharkey is concerned. He thinks
he is the best man in the world, and is
anxious to prove it. He may be given
the opportunity before the first day OF
next year. The ex-marine is not PAL
ticularly handsome man, but he has all
the earmarks of great athlete. Many
will think it was bad thing for him to
come before the people SO suddenly
arguing the tendency to become inflated
with his own importance. But those
who know Sharkey will not think 50
There is nothing at all boastful about
him, nor does he impress one with be-
ing In the least susceptible to fattery
His great breadth Of shoulders and thut
rapid manner of moving are the princi
pal things that attract an onlooker t.
him. He is young Irishmsn, and early
in life learned blacksmithing. After he
had served his apprenticeship a love fol-
the sea asserted itself and he shipped il
the British merchant service. He liket
| America too well to stay on the othel
side long, and soon became one of Uncl'
Sans sailors. He served three years q
the ship Independence and was hon
orably discharged at the expiration o
that time. During his service he wol
the championship of the navy numbe
of times. The ship he was with wa
stationed in Honolulu for some months
and fondncss for boxing was encourage
among the seamen by the officers
There it was that Sharkey first becam
known as fighter. He is "a years ole
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-02
DEATH SCENES IN FICTION.
MongreI Affairs Which Are Neither Sci
ence Nor Good Art.

MongreI Affairs Which Are Neither Sci
ence Nor Good Art.
We do not see on what ground, either
of art or science, of public good or pri-
vate morals, the publishing of medical
descriptions Of death in popular novels
can be justified. We do not mean to
say that the novelist should not allow
his patients to die if circumstances com
pei it; or that he should not descI ibe
the way they die in as pathetic, dra-
maj tic or tragic manner as he chooses.
But to introduce into the pages Of nov
els technical descriptions Of deaths
from diphtheria, opium poisoning.
tuberculosis or other malady is offensive
to good taste and Is a misuse Of the art
of fiction. If people want to know ex-
actly how person dies who has can
GER Of the uterus, there are excellent
technical descriptions in large number
of standard works; in fact, the litera-
ture of medicine Is burdened with such
descriptions, some of them joining lit
erary skill with technical knowledge.
1 We are led to these remarks by perusal
/ VI tlc dthluDtb III a SuoC VI
liberia, as described by the at-one-time
novelist "Ouida." This lady is, happily,
one of the passed among fiction writers,
but she seems to be trying to make up
for her decaying powers by silly sensa-
tionalism. This is the manner i'll which
she describes death from diphtheria:
"The poisonous growth filled every
chink of the air passages as though they
were tubes morta-"d up and closed
Theoretically. His face grew purple q nc
tumid. His eyes started from theiI
sockets. He had no sense left, except
the mere instructive mechanical effort
to gasp for the air he would never
breathe again. Blood foamed in frotf
over his lips, which were curled over the
white teeth and were cracked and blue
His eyes, starting from their orbit. hae
no sight Suddenly the convulsion!
ceased" This. according to "Ouida,
with a few additional trappings. sucl
as nuns kneeling around on the foo
and shadowy lights thrown through TIT
room. etc, constitutes realistic de
scription of deathbed scene from diph
iberia. 1t is. perhaps. truer than tn
deathbcd scene from opium poisoning
as described by Marion Crawford, wher
the patient sinks away with the pupil
. dilated. But, after all, it is not a II II
picture of the way patients die for
this disease. 1t is partly technica
partly imaginary, end altogether eSag
gerated, mougrel affair. such as a
medical descriptions of maladies an
deaths by novelists must necessarily bs
N. Y Medical Record
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-02

sufficient experience has already been
acquired to warrant the statement that
on commercial basis these cars can
be constructed at u cost not to exceed
that per ton Of carrying capacity of
wooden cars, and with n safety factor
in favor of the steel. They have been
tested with load of wet sand and pig
iron weighing $4,000 pounds. The use
of steel will not be confined to freight
cars. 1t is intended in the near future
to build passenger cars of steel through
out, and thus do away with the danger
of splintering In railroad collisions.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-02
SHE SMOKES A PIPE.
Mary Forbes Cobb, One Of Indiana's
Oldest Women.
She Is the step-Grent- Grandmothe Of
william Jennings Bryan = Now
Lives with Her daughter in
New LOndeal, Ind.

In the village of New London, ten
miles west of Kokomo, Ind, resides an
old woman now nearing the century
mark, who claims double relation
ship to William j. Bryan, recently nomi-
mated for president of the United
States. Her name is Mary Forbes Cobb,
formerly resident Of Kentucky, but
for 16 years making her home with her
daughter, Mrs. Susan McDaniels. Mrs
Cobb is a step-great-grandmother OF W.
J. Bryan, and is also related to the young
Nebraskan by blood.
Her story of the relationship, which
is vouched for by the family and con:
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-02
A BRIDES Sad Fate

Mrs. Bliflsins-Tm afraid my darter
is awful unhappy with that new hus-
band of hers.
Mrs. Gab-Do tell! Have you heard
so?
mo, but I've seen him on the street
every day since he got married, and
he walks along just as chippy and in
dependent as ever. He doesn't look
subdued btu. Y. Weekly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-02

port 1t receives from the strong art sen.
timent of the aesthetic worlds capital.
The only honest way to have small
waist is to develop the muscles of the
chest and back by wise exercise and by
the same means fight off fat from under
the belt. Almost any woman can get a
fine figure just as every West Point
cadet does, and by similar means.
ELLEN OSBORN.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-02
STEEL RAILWAY CARS.

Another Progressive step In Modern Rail-
road Equipment.
At last steel cars have been made.
For years they have been regarded as
the coming car, but owing to the high
price Of steel they were not thought to
be economically possible until the
twentieth century. A great steel COM
pany, in order to show under the pres
ent conditions the possibilities OF steel
in this direction, has constructed two
cars Of this material which are the first
to their kind. AS the picture shows.
they are of simple construction, being
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-02
KING OF SLUGGERS.
Tom ShArkey IL the Latest Hero 81
Prize-F Fight Enthusiasts.

Prixe-F Fight Enthusiasts.
Few boxers have attained an interna-
tional reputation as rapidly as Thomas
Sharkey, ex-champion of the United
States navy. Prior to the night he had a
brief set-to with James j. Corbett he
was practically unknown, excepting to
the few who follow the fistic gam, with
regularity. He went on the stage with
Corbett that night with all the con'
tidence possible in man in his position
and justified all the good things his
friends had said about him by more than
holding his own with the man who was
thought to have only one or two rivals
for the championship of the world.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-02

Gen. Washington's troops. During the
late civil war the Bryan home in Ken.
lucky was repeatedly pillaged by the
forces of both sides, and to avoid the
ravages of the contending armies Mrs.
Bryan frequently journeyed to Indiana
In a covered wagon.
The venerable woman is remarkably
vigorous and well preserved. Though
"a years of age lacking but few months
she insists on helping her daughter
with the household duties. When the
word arrived that her relative had been
nominated for president she was at the
washtub, doing the family laundering.
The next day, when press representa-
tives called to see her, she was engaged
with the weeks ironing.
She was surprised and pleased over
the information of her great-grand-
sons preferment, and she sent him a
telegram of congratulat:on. She did
not promise him her vote, however, as
she is lifelong republican and de-
clares she is too old to think of chang
ing her politics now. She expressed the
hope that her distinguished descendant
if elected would make as good presi'
dent as Abraham Lincoln, who is heI
ideal of chief executive. She is op
posed to the present method OF con
Quoting campaigns, declaring them
needless waste of money that shoule
go to the aid of the poor.
She is a member of the "Tredestinar
ian baptist church" as she calls it, ant
is an estimable CHI stiGn woman.
She has used to'"- Ell her life, oh
tanning much comfort from her pipe
which she Stil smokes daily.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-02

built up" of plate girders. They are
to be exhibited around the country to
railroad men, and if the idea takes, says
the Detroit Free Press, they will be
constructed on large scale in the fall.
While the cost of a steel car will natural
ly be more than that of wooden one,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-02

pointed lapels Of white. The jacket
front shows strip of white embroidery
edged with narrow lines Of blue silk;
the collar is white embroidery, and a
white Hamburg or Alpine hat with
quilts and black band is worn.
These double lapels, the one opening
right over the other as if to say: "Yes,
quite agree with you," must be called
an easy distinguishing mark OF the sea-
son. One sees them upon quite heavy
jackets and upon driving coats. and the
collar is often white, or at least much
lighter than the cloth. It's just fad
as yet; if it lasts, it's mode.
Hats of ceremony are moderate OF
brim, wide and fat of crown. Gowns
of ceremony-let me describe one used
at an autumn leaves" frolic. The skirt
anything you like SO that it is figured
silk and edged with wide double frill
of chiffon. The belt wide satin ribbon.
The vest and undersleeves are built line
upon line and precept on precept of tiny,
over the undersleeves, at the shoulders,
are swept two folds of figured silk in
the wreath-like style so much used just
now for evening gowns; the lnpels and
collar are satin ribbon again. OF course
such gown belongs rather to the pass
ing summer than to the autumn that is
here.
And oh, the autumn! The frolic Of
rustling, clean brown leaves in the
woods aisles, the trails of clematis
bursting into It's clouds of winged seed
sails, the bitter-sweet showing the red
heart under it's yellow coat! II 1t could
only stay autumn, and if the shortened
days need not mean that winter time is
near, how beautiful 1t would be! For
frolics amid the golden glories Of the
season there is no wrap finer than the
little shoulder capes the women are
wearing, easily donned and DOTTED and
feather-weight for the attending gal
liant to carry. l have seen very pref ty
one made to match its gown, trimmed
with smallish.round buttons and lined
down the side with groups of knife
plaits, three in each group, to bear out
| Sliuiiftf ilItS Vi IJIdllilS III VIC ochSi W 10y
plain skirt.
1t would be clever device for some
brown little woman few of inches and
partridge plump, And though would
hardly advise her to wear that very wide
ribbon belt of black velvet noted in .ht
example of which l speak, the knife
plated bodice front can be recommend
ed without hesitation. So can the small
toqne with the high Wanting feather o.
ribbon bow.
The mysterious, they are wearing
great deal this fall those smart Norfol'
jackets with big buttons, square double
breasted fronts and wide lapels. An
you shall see also jackets with odd an
strange lapels cut in double scallor
and other queer shapes. Jackets ar
worn square and box-shaped for driN
ing, close-backed and open-fronted TO
cycling, but the basic idea is the sam
In all and the length varies little-sa
about to the level of the hip join
Jackets and capes, the former rather |
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-02
LOSS OF VOICE
After Acute Bronchitis
CURED BY USING
AYERS Cherry sactg,.,
A PREACHERS EXPERIENCE.

"Three months ago, l took vio-
lent cold which resulted in an attack
of acute bronchitis. / put myself
under medical treatment, and at the
end of two months was no better.
l found it very difficult to preach,
and concluded to try Ayers Cherry
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-02

Hoods Pills are the best after dinner
p lis, assist digestion, prevent constipa-
ton.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-11
GOOD ADVICE ON GIVING.

The current Issue Of the Ladlee'
Home Journal has an nrtlcle on"Risht
Habits OF Giving" by DR.. q. II. Park.
hurst, which contains sOms thoughtful
,uggtsiions TO parents and others on
the beslowal Of charity through don,.
lions oy the giving Of contributions In
aid Of various organizations. Dr..
PAfkhurtl starts out with the PROPOSE
ton that n man cannot he trusted TO do
right IN any particular I'll he can do
light easily, that IL TO say until II has
become his habit to do right; that giy-
ing cannot be loft TO impulse any
more than spelling can DO lett 10 I'M
pulse. Impulsivs spoilers, says he,
mako Just the same wrstohed work
with photography that impulse giving
makes with charity. Nor IL the
purpose subsetved by putting iuio the
ohild's hands a. gratuliy the money
that he IL expected to bestow A. 4
benencence. Merely letting money 90
through his hands will not make him
charitable any more than letting water
slip through a lead pipe wiz make the
lead fertile. The act that Ia going 10
strengthen tho little boy-SiVer or 'he
little girl-Eiver In the direction OF a
ma1nred generous disposition must be
an act In which this actor feels 'hs' he
Is parting with something that is MS
own, NOT something which hois merely
handling In the capacity OF agent IL
lisa very common thing " 'her" 10 a
oiggar nj the door TO whom pittaneo
m TO 10 given, or gathering In tbs
church or the sunday hcnool wheTe
contributions are 10 bs asked, Tor The
chllu 10 obtain from his fAther or mOtI
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-11

button Of such vs,er should be uuder
State control or regulation, 40 that In
divlduals taking water from corpora
lions which have built canals, Teser.
voirs, etc, could acquire full title
10 the use Of that amount Of water
with the land It iriigAtes, II they
80 doilfe; and having purchased
such title cannot be made to DO
30 a second time or TO pay ex.
cettive fees for operating the
canal systems. At the same time the
legitimate charges for operation should
DO made lien on the property Of the
consumer 90 that they can be readily
oolleciible, ami no, be avoided to
endangor the canal system. Both the
right Of the irrigator TO the use Of
water and the integrity Of the sJstem
Tor bringing the water to the soil
should be preserved intact.
This Ia but one OF many reasons for
State control, but II 10 an important
one. II will not DO TO make an also.
Lutte rule, free Of any other oonsldera-
tlJn, that the uss OF water on certain
land conveys inviolAblo title thereto.
Under the necessities which exist here
there Is demand for great outlay In
creating a system Of canals TO brlHg
tho water TO the land; and II
tue line Of connection be- broken injury
results. Nor will It do to cay that
others must make up what some refuse
to do Ia order 70 prevent that Injury.
There should bo definite. concise lava
for acquiring title 10 the use Of water
either direct or through canal com
panies, II the individual wishes TO ia
40; and there should be- associated with
II such control n will maintain thai
title In perfect condition by keeping In
operation the canal system which aid
ed In giving II existence. Then lh'
rights Of both parties would DO pre-
teoi6d, and no trouble like that In Han
Diego oouuty could come elthel
through canal company or water con
sumner.
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liz range being from two aud half 10
three miles, and !. easily operated by
one man. lar. Bfowniug's compe'
tiilon was with the most noted gun
msk 70 CT the day, Maxim, Hotchkiss
and the others, aud the selection Of bic
weapon for the United States navy IL a
great victory. with II Uncle SAM
marines will have an advantage pos.
sesssd by no othsr navy. IL IL a fur
iher matter OF congratulation that i'm
medlAtsly upon Ulah's admission into
the Union Utah man provides the
United States navy with the nntsi
small weapon yet pro 'uced.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-11

THE SATISFACTORY employment Of
kerosene as local application TO
wounds anu ulcers ia reported by the
New York Medical Journal. "Ucers,
especially indolent and atomic ulcers,
were smeATed with commercial kefs-
sene, either pure or diluted (irom IS 10
80 per cent? with alcohol, by means Of
q small camol's hair brush or with "a
piece OF gAuEe soaked 10 tbs solution.
I he appearance aud characters OF the
ulcers soon changed for the better, toe
discharge gradually diminished, and In
from two to four weeks the rapidly
FORMULATING surface formed n scar
without any contraction In the sur.
rounding parts" The advantages
claimed for kerosene are rapidly Of
action, economy and freedom from
poisonous effects.