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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-16

summit. For time the priest was
stationed there. who found it too lone
~ for endurance, and il was abandoned,
save on the festival days, when clergy
men from surrounding parishes gather
to aid the services.
On these occasions pilgrims from
hundreds of miles distant, the lame,
their weary way from the priestly abode
at the foot of the hill to the summit.
stopping at each of the IA praying sta
tions, placed at regular intervals on
| the winding ascent, to petition their
patron saint for cure of mental or bod
| lily ailments.
These Ia stations of prayer, built Mt
ON expense of $1,100, represent the
| path traversed by the Redeemer laden
with the cross. from the house of Pom
titus PLATE to Mount Cavalry and the
holy sepulcher. The expense of their
| building was furnished from excursion
lists to the hill on feast days and from
private benevolence.
| Among the diseases mentioned in a
published record cured by visiting this
hill are st. Vitus dance. epilepsy. OPP
thalmania, paralysis. rheumatism, mel
ancholy, cancer, stiffness of joints and
insanity.
Many pilgrim visitors TO the shrine
of St. Mary make the ascent on their
knees. others place pebbles, bucisshot
beans and peas in their shoes in emu
lation of martyrs.
Instances are related of people in
good health visiting st. Mary's to pray
for the recovery of their sick unable tc
come, who We're healed at the uomeri
of the PRAYER,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-16
.,FRTDAY MORNING, OCT. 16, 1896

such commission at that time was
fully equivalent to Vanderbilt or an
,Astor nowadays sending request for
picture to a Messonier or MHnkacsy.
accompanied by preliminary cheek for
$4,000.
The duke waited full year for his
p'Gure, and when no picture and no re-
ply came, as a gentle hint that he was
still waiting ne sent the artist another
purse of SEQ gold rio. This time the an
swer was not delayed. 1t came at once.
and with it were returned the dukes
1000 gold rio. The artist replied that
ever since receiving his highness' COM
maEd he had watched at the period
of every full moon for good oupor-
tunity 70 make the requisite study from
nature. but had not yet succeeded in do
ing so. 1t was Impossible to say when
he would be able to do it; II might take
Kim five. ten or fifteen years it might
be that he would never see Il fight of
such birds in ouch way as TO be able
TO reproduce them correctly, ard he
therefore returned the dukes magnifi-
cent present. He would make it his
business TO diligently watch for such an
opportunity. and if it came would make
the drawing at once and send It to the
duke. who could thea rcmunerate him
% he chose.
MJ'J VII 7 T. BAp(IxdY
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-16

1t is said that the turn of life is the
most important period in woman's
existence, and owing to modcra meth
DDS Of living not more than one woman
6at bf Il thousand appreciates this per-
fectly Natural change without expert,
enciay i train OF very annoying and
Sometimes painful symptoms.
Those dreadful hot flashes, sending
the blood surging to the head until il
seems ready to burst, AMI the faint
feeling that follows, as if the heart
were going to stop, are symptoms OF a
dangerous nervous tco2blc.
The hot flashes are just SO many calls
from nature for help. At tlis time
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound will be of great value, Is the
following letter from Mrs. i,rincr in
dicates. The Vegetable Co.aQoI", | is
a tonic especially prepared 20 act upon
the female gcnerative o-%ans. 1t in
vigoratcs and strengthens those organs
in such manner as to build up the
weakened nervous system, and enables
woman to pass that troublesome
period triumphan,ly.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass, Is all
ways glad to answer any personal let
tiers; and 1t is well for any woman
who is in doubt about her condition to
Write to Mrs Pinkham and get thor;
6ugh analysis of her case, and advice
about what to do.
Mrs N. E. Kriner, Kingstown, Ind,
says:-My trouble was Change Of Life
1 suffered for eight years and could
find no permanent relief until one year
ago. tried Lydia E. Pinkham's vege.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-16

bon; and the ostrich plume, which the
original owner gives ttp Painfully IN
deed. but not losing his life herewith.
is still the handsomest of all possible
foils to Il pretty face. 1tneed not be said
that the sharp contrast of black and
white is often employed in hats this
autumn, and that the black is apt to be
furnished by a proud plume from the
silly bird Of Soiith Africa.
Much hse is made this fall Of cor
duroy and of various ribbed and corded
materials, which carry strong vertical
lines.
A very pretty style Of fall waistcoat
or Jacket is called the Robespierre,
though I should think a prettier name
might be found. 1t is in effect a very
short square front like jacket, but be-
hind the basque tails fall to the level OF
the hips.
A pretty, seasonable fancy is to trim
felt hats with white lace or with chiffon
or Russian tulle, over which as final
touch a black netting is laid.
1t is trifle early yet, maybe, to talk
of furs, but there is mourning Whlch re-
fuseth to be comforted over the con-
tinued high price of sealsl<in. The zap
probation of gold" isn't a circumstance
to the fall of spirit woman feels on
contemplating the price list of furs.
There is considerable demand for
stripes in the soft and dressy materials.
Silk with narrow satin stripes and silk
woven in narrow lines of quite strongly
contrasting colors are equally favored,
Pretty belts, but cheap and easily imi-
tated. are made of oXidized silver links
alternating with bits of blue enamel.
There are to be pretty dark brown
capes edged with sable and trimmed
with golden tinsel and brown CORD.
ELLEN OSBORN.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-16
COLOR OF THE EYES.
Dark Ones More General Among women
Than Among Men.

Dark Ones More General Among Women
Than Among Men.
Into the realm of sentiment. with
or an elephant among porcelain the Sc
date and matter-of-fact statistician OBJ
trudes himself. intent on dealing
through percentages with matters
which, one might think, would he eX-
empt from such prosaic consideration
The latest subjects of statistical in
quiry are light and dark eyes, and as
the result of suudry responses TO ques-
tions propounded in various countries
and duly authenticated. it has been dis
covered land not merely discovered but
also proved) that, taking the average OF
Europe and America, 44.6 is the per-
centage of men having light eyes, in
Guiding blue and grey. The proportion
of girls and women having blue or gray
eyes is by the same computation 34.G
per cent. In other words, blue eyes arc
decidedly rarer among women than
men, and it is for this reason perhaps
that blue eyes, especially in combina-
ton with blond hair, are esteemed Sc
highly as a feature of feminine beauty
Men have lighter eyes oftener than
women; but in the intermediate grad
of color between light and dark the per-
centage of the two sexes is very nearly
though not quite, the same. In this in
termediate category are brown and
hazel eyes, neither pure light nor genu
inc black. The percentage OF thesa
among men is 43.1, and among womel
AL. The percentage of dark, or, more
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-16

HE STUDIED THE OK FOR
ton Of the figure of the OK to lie inlaid,
it was done, to the full satisfaction Of
the duke, who, whenever he inspected
it, was more than pleased.
Eut here all at once the artist WAS
seized with a fit of laziness. Instead of
completing his task he took his book,
his pipe and tobacco and day after day
went cut into green lane leading into
the country, and. sitting down in the
grass by the roadside, amused himself
smoking and reading and looking at the
countrymen coming into town with
their horses and cattle. Month after
month passed by, the artist drawing bis
allowance with the most praiseworthy
regularity, spending his days in idle
ness and his evenings in drinking wine
with his colleagues, as was the custom.
The summer had thus passed by and
Septemberwas at hand, when at last the
dukes patience was slightly rufiled.
Ordering the artist into his presence. he
asked him why, for nearly five months,
he had not even made n prctense OF
completing the order intrusted to him.
81 could not, your highness," was the
reply.
"And why could you not?" was the
query.
"Your highness asked me to make an
autumn landscape with an OK in the
foreground. l had never made such .
combination before. When it came to
making the animal knew not whether
the expression of its face in autumn
might not be different from what it
Is at other seasons of the year. have
been out where the herds of cattle como
in. watching them through the spring,
through summer, and now that autumn
has begun | am nearly ready, End in q
short time will complete your high
ness order"
The answer was deemed fully salts
factory; the artist was not again ques-
toned or disturbed, and his work, when
completed. received the praise.
Another story of like character also
Illustrates the artistic feeling that DOM
mated these artists.
Shinataro Shosho, duke of Bizen. sent
Hanabusa Itcho. the celebrated artist of
| Yeddo, request for picture, the sub
| lect to be flight of Hototogisu wing
| ing their way across the face of the full
noon. The request was accompanied
,y a purse of 500 gold rio (dollars).
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-16
ELLEN USBORN'S LETTER.
Thin; S>ol at a WeGdiag Besides
tho Srni O o. tho Eride.
urinccs, r;Tacts In ricnty Tacater Eoi-
iccs, Ult, Tr.mmcd with Birds,
New la kats n,d q her
l 'igp RS
[coPYRIoHT, 1861

tcoPYRGHT, 1861
have attended a wedding reception
.--yon know aIlnbout that; how the bride
assured me beforehand that | was 10
meet only n few friends of the family
land so informal, you know" how the
rooms were full of surging throng, the
/ oms as hot as in midsummer, the
lets elaborate, the comfits sumptu-
Gus; how the husband strove to conceal
his newly-gained bliss, and the bride
smiled so sweetly l wondered | never
before noticed how beautiful she was.
Well, that is all; except that it was
something of shock to think how
quickly the year goes by, and the time
of receptions and dinners in town comes
to us again; and something of pleasure
to be again in the midst of the chatter
and push and the faint smell of per.
fuiuery and the play of the gaslight up
on sllSen fabrics and satin shoulders.
The young wife received, clad in IA
splendid robe of silver satin, rich enough
to do proper honor to her guests, simple
enough in its lines not to betray a pur.
pose to outshine. The skirt was quite
plain-for though one may have drapery
and be modsh, and even sport little
Eaniers without being held eccentric
yet the plain skirt still is best-but the
bodice was brave with bands of pale
blue meeting in long, low V, the bodice
frort was decked with pale blue
embroidery upon the silver, and the
sleeves were mere ripples of crimped
chiffon.
In the throng was another blue and
white gown, with wide, full skirt, a
bodice of white chiffon with tabs Of blue
velvet, and elbow sleeves. Another wa.
ruby velvet, absolutely plain, with
square cut decolletage outlined with vel
low lace.
Need I say that the wearer was tai
and willowy, cultivatihg pehsive mir
as if maiden INJURED in tall towe'
waiting for a delivering knight.
There isn't much of novelty in even
ing gowns-can't be--but tk;nk no
tice strong tendency toward thes'
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-16
TOME CONSCIENTIOUS JAPS.
Oriental Artists Garry tho Study of
Nature to Great Length.
studying tho Face of an Ox-Waitfnh
Eight Months to Get Her Autumnaf
Expression Other Curious
Anecdotes.
TcopYRIcHT, 1861

tCoPYRIGHT, 1861
In ancient Japan most of the artistic
work ordered by the lords of the land
vas done on their own premises. either
oy artists who lived there continually
and formed part of their retinus, or by
specialists who were called for the Eur-
pose and remained in the house Of the
patron until the order was completed.
In either case the artist was supplied
with everything he needed = house,
raiment. servants, pocket money We're
furnished while he was engaged at his
work, and douceur commensurate
with the artistic excellence of the re-
suit of his labor when he completed it..
All the materials necessary we're pro-
yided for him; and he conId arrange
his hours to suit himself. 1t was al
ways mutually understood that his la
Dor was to be labor of love; and was
never to degenerate into an irksome
task. In this great empire where every
hing else had to be doEe by set forms
md. rules, the artist alone was free to
follow his mind, untrammeled and I'M
questioned. Numerous anecdotes Illus
rate this, and show the high-minded
devotion Of the artist to the loftiest
deals of his art
The rich and powerful duke of Has
iokana once invited celebrated bronze
worker to his court and asked him to
make swordguard of the finest shaku-
10 (gold-bronze). /. was to be orna-
nented with an autumn landscape and
an OK in the foreground. 1t was after
The Usual New Years festival OF nine
lays, when no one does labor of any
kind that the artist arrived. He went
to work with WILL mixing his metals,
made his designs, passed on to the en-
craving and inlaying, and in three OF
four months had his sword-guard near
" completed. In fact. with the excep-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-16
Some Valuable Statistics in Regard
to This Period.
Lydia {. Pinkhdrl's Vegetable Compound
Found To Be Then of Great Assstance-Mrs
NE: Kriner's Personal Experience Told for
the Benefit of Women in Similar Condition.

table Compound, and relief came almost
Immediately. have taken two bottles
of the Vegetable Compound, three
boxes of Pills, and have also used the
Sanative Wash, and must say never
had anything help me Sd much! have
better health than l ever had In my
life, / feel like a new person, per-
fectly strong. | give your Compound
all the credit. have recommended 1t
to several of my friends, who are using
it with like results. 1t has cured me
of several female diseases. l would
not do without Mrs. rinkham's rene
dies for anything. There is no need of
so much female suffering. Her reme-
dies are sure cure. hope all my lady
friends will do as did.
A STANDING INVITATION.
Women suffering from any form of fe-
male weakness are invited to promptly
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham at
Lynn, Mass. All letters are received,
opened, read and answered by women
only. A woman can freely talk of her
private illness to woman; thus has
been esta blished the eternal confidence
between Mrs. Pinkham and the women
of America which has never been
broken. Out of the vast volume Of ex-
perience which she has to draw from
it is more than possible that she has
gained the very knowledge that will
help your case. She asks nothing in
return except your good will; and hef
advice has relieved thousands: Surely,
any woman, rich or poor, is very fool;
ish if she does not take advantage Of
this generous offer of assistance:
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-16
&c, SN OW eco,
A Brides Sad Fate.

Mrs. Blifkins-I'm 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 bit."--N. Y Weekly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-16

long princess effects; the most beautiful
any woman Of good figure can wear;
probably it is a protest against the
draped skirt and ruffies, for which less
favored women have an instructive pref
erence.
The princess influence was notable
in some of the gowns that the bride,
who is an intimate friend, showed me
after the guests had all gone away,
composing herself to restfulness by
degrees as she exhibited them. There
is a walking gown, for instance, whose
material from the velvet collar to the
hem sweeps down in one unbroken line
of ribbed gray cloth. There is bolero
jacket Of close, clinging lace, and black
velvet tabs start forth from the side
seams at the waist and from the bust,
but do not meet to mar the medlan line.
The sleeves are those horribly ugly
things with "a little pad of puff hung
high and at the back of the shoulder,
leaving the arm outlined yet disfig-
ured.
If some brave, beautiful woman were
to cast off all these makeshifts and APP
pear in close fitting sleeves, with neither
puff nor cape, nor other frivolity to in
terrupt their noble lines, how beautiful
| she would be!
There is in my brides wardrobe a
singular walking Jacket, hip length,
in tan cloth with almost white lapel
facinGs. Back and sides are fitted to
the body. but there is a curious loose
front which falls straight from the
bust; an English device. naturally.
| There is wool canvas dress, OF
course. 1t has pointed STRAPS Of green
velvet to match its own yellowish tint.
These straps, by theway, are feature
in very many autumn gowns. almost
always in color much darker than the
| fabric on which they are laid.
A matelasse gown of blue and silver
is surmounted by a charming high
crowned hat. marked with bars of blue
upon white The blue skirt is plain,
there are little basque coat-tails behind,
and the vest and collar are silver out
lined with dark braid
There were other things; but who can
expect to remember all about a whole
wardrobe?
The theater bodice is as big favcrite
as ever its convenience commencing it
precisely as with the summer waist. A
pretty one has double frill by way OF
basque. W, vide collar of black
silk muslin sewn with cream lace braid
applique. and Restraints the wearer
when "dilating with the right emotions"
by seven narrow bands of velvet, col
lcctively forming. practically, very
wide corselet bel..
If speak of another theater waist in
old rose broche, it is mainly because of
the novel idea of the concealment of
the fastening. From the right, four
FONTS slope downward and to the left,
acroys gathered white silk muslin vest,
and fastcn under four rosettes on the
left side.
The Audubon society is no a.biter of
fashions; the birds have cause to pipe
their most plaintive notes when they
'ook down on the bedeckments of the
autumn hats. One sees increasing num-
bers of hats trimmed with birds whose
outstretched wings bear out the impress
sion that they had but alighted for the
moment. preening their wings for a
steadier fight.
Yet there is sturdy minority of the
seasons millinery which makes use fol
all adornment of simple folds of rib
- 1888 - -
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-16

AN AUTUMN EXPRESSION
properly, black, eyes is larger among
women, being 20.7 per cent. of the whole
number, while among men it is 1873.
Perhaps it is the relative rarity of dark
eyes among men which establishes the
rule that dark-eyed men are esteemed
by women to be more fortunate in the
color of their eyes than blue-eyed men.
The figures upon which these percent
ages are based are the result of inquiries
not prosecuted in one or more of the
countries of Europe or one or more
states Of the United States, for, as is
wellknown, in southern European coun-
tries dark eyes, both among men and
women, predominant. while Light eyes
IRE to be found in just ms high pro
portion in northern countries,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-16
WSCONSIN'S HOLY HILL.
A Famous Place of Aigrimage for Thou
sands of Believers.

A Famous Place of Aigrimage for Thou
sands of Believers.
Twenty thousand or more pilgrims
from the United States visit Holy Hill,
Wis, yearly. Although the miraculous
results of these pilgrimages are not
vouched for by the Catholic church.
yet many of these pilgrims go away.
declaring themselves cured of their in
frmities, leaving behind them their
crutches as silent witnesses.
The fame of the place dates back to
the days of Father Marquette, who is
said to have chosen it as early as 1873
from all other Wisconsin wilds as a
place of fasting and prayer.
When he first assembled the peak he
placed a rude wooden cross, built a
simple altar, and dedicated the place
to his tutelary saint-Mary. Since that
time 1G6 festivals have been celebrated.
At the foot of the hill there is a
priests house, built in 1861, at the same
time the first church was erected on he
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-16
MICROBES End DISEASE.
Experiments with the Germs of Strange
Poultry Malaoy.


Poultry Malay.
A curious malady attacked the fowls
in the poultry yards of Rome, Italy, last
autumn, and more than half of its vic
Tins died. Scientific men were puzzled
by its appearance. 1t seemed to be en-
tirely different from hen cholera or
duck cholera. Finally Dr.. Salverio
Santori, an expert in bacteriology, be.
gan an investigation of the disease, and
his report has recently been published.
He found that this malady, like many
others which affect man and the lower
animals, was attributable TO special
variety Of bacillus in the blood of the
fowls. The EMBELLISHMENTS germ
could be cultivated, like that of diph-
iberia or anthrax, but its color Ga bright
rcd) and its form enabled him to dis.
tinrnish it from all other known mi
crobes. lie gave to the species the name
"Eritro batterio." Rabbits, guinea
pigs, rats and hens were inoculated
with very small quantities of liquid
gelatine containing these germs, to see
If the vrulence of the latter could be
softencd. The undertaking was only
II fresh application of method extern
sively tried by Pastcur, Koch and other
scientists Dr. Snntori was not able,
however. to tame the Eritro batterio,
nuch less to use it for defensive pur-
POSES. He could net produce an anti
toxin, derived from the germ. which
would render a fowl disease-proof.
Though the malady has never broken
ou' elsewhere. and though tNese tests
we're unsuccessful. his researches are,
nevertheless, highly interesting. as
showing the trend .of modern scientific
thought in connection with disease.
One oil these days we may learn why
this ard some similar ventures have
fetln,l. anil discover the secret of curing
Universally with hair of the dog that
bites us.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-10-16

the xan s IN anr ny M %
a whose experience is greater than
You talk freely when Is
Pinkham
than ready willing write her In
gladly letter Her advice is free.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-12

CLEVELAND. Ohio, Sept. 1l.-Pa-
prrs have. been placed In the hands OF
n Cleveland law firm by representa-
t:ves OF about eighty persons In this
part OF the country. wins claim to he
heirs, to 60 acres OF land in the heart
Of New York City. They are desccn-
dants OF David Jones. who prior to
the revolutionary war owned q farm
where New York City now Is. Their
claim Is that he made himself ohnox-
ious to the patriots during the war
and that the government appropriated
his land CATER the surrender OF Corn
wallis. rho land Is adjacent to the
Trinity church property and II valued
ut over twenty millions. The attempt
viii be made to show that Jones was
unJustly deprived OF his property.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-12
wan No, Affect Gold Imports.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Sept. IL
Treasury officials nrc not Inclined to
the belief that the action OF the bank
OF England In raising the discount rate
one-half per cent, will necessarily re-
suit In prompt cessation OF gold I'M
ports. Gold IL always paid by the Bank
OF England, in exchange for Bank
Of England notes, and the only effect
on gold importatIons, II Is said, can be
the Indirect one OF tightening the mo-
ncT market. But even with this ad-
vance Il Is thought that importers, in
the present condition or the market can
afford TO pay the half per cent and
still make pro:lt. Nor are they con-
fined to London for their supply. rs Is
shown by the fact that n considerable
proportion OF the recent imbpOrtations
come from France. Altogether the oitl-
cials do not regard the situation as at
all serious and confidently expect gold
Importutions 20 continue.